frustrates

英 [frʌˈstreɪts]

美 [ˈfrʌstreɪts]

v.  使懊丧; 使懊恼; 使沮丧; 阻止; 防止; 挫败
frustrate的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使灰心;使沮丧;使愤怒
  If somethingfrustratesyou, it upsets or angers you because you are unable to do anything about the problems it creates.
  1. These questions frustrated me...
     这些问题让我沮丧。
  2. Doesn't it frustrate you that audiences in the theatre are so restricted?
     观众在剧场里要受到如此多的限制，这难道不令人恼火吗？
• VERB 挫败;阻挠…的成功
  If someone or somethingfrustratesa plan or attempt to do something, they prevent it from succeeding.
  1. The government has deliberately frustrated his efforts to gain work permits for his foreign staff.
     政府故意阻挠他为自己的外籍员工申请工作许可证的努力。
  2. ...her frustrated attempt to become governor.
     她竞选州长的受挫之举

双语例句

• China also frustrates direct sellers with special taxes, high investment requirements and by capping sales commissions at30% of product revenue, less than some stores earn on their mark-ups.
  令直销商感到痛苦的是，中国还针对直销设立了特别税种，提高了投资要求，并将销售佣金的上限限定在产品收入的30%，比一些商店成本加成后的利润还低。
• I just think it's sad, it really just frustrates me.
  我只是认为这是可悲的，它实际上只是有些困扰。
• This conservative approach frustrates activists and some fellow scientists.
  这种保守立场让激进分子和一些科学家同事十分沮丧。
• The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge, but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
  耶和华的眼目眷顾聪明人，却倾败奸诈人的言语。
• The bad weather frustrates our hopes of having a picnic.
  坏天气使我们野餐的愿望无法实现。
• It always frustrates me when I can't afford the time to get involved and help out.
  每当我拿不出时间来为人排忧解难，我总感到十分丧气。
• Uranus may fear and hate Saturn because the latter stifles and frustrates his freedom;
  天王星可能害怕和憎恨土星因为后者窒息和挫败他的自由；
• "I have not had dialogue with the leadership for a long time and this frustrates me no end."
  “我已有很长时间没和高层交流过了，而这无止境地防碍了我。”
• I don't take it as seriously as they do and I think that frustrates them.
  我没有他们认真我认为这使他们很失望。
• Stephen's attitude really frustrates me sometimes!
  斯蒂芬的态度有时使我灰心。