If you thwart someone or thwart their plans, you prevent them from doing or getting what they want.
例句
The accounting firm deliberately destroyed documents to thwart government investigators...會計事務所故意毀壞文件，阻撓政府調查工作。Her ambition to become an artist was thwarted by failing eyesight.她想成為藝術家的夢想由于視力衰減而破滅了。
英漢詞典釋義
vt.
阻撓; 阻止, 對…構成阻力
The guards thwarted his attempt to escape from prison.警衛阻擾了他越獄的企圖。
使受挫折;挫敗
Our plans for a picnic were thwarted by the rain.我們的野餐計劃因雨受挫。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat
Verb
1. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of;
"What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge""foil your opponent"