frustrate

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++frus·trate /frʌˈstreɪt $ ˈfrʌstreɪt/ ●○○ verb [transitive]  1  ANNOYif something frustrates you, it makes you feel annoyed or angry because you are unable to do what you want 使懊丧，使懊恼，使沮丧 The fact that he’s working with amateurs really frustrates him. 与生手共事着实让他沮丧。2  PREVENTto prevent someone’s plans, efforts, or attempts from succeeding 挫败；阻挠 SYN foil Their attempts to speak to him were frustrated by the guards. 他们想跟他说话，但被警卫拦住了。n Grammar Frustrate is usually passive in this meaning.→ See Verb table

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frustrate• Klaas was frustrated by the frequent traffic delays and vowed to do something about it.• Thick fog frustrated their attempt to land on the tiny island.Origin frustrate (1400-1500) Latin frustrare, from frustra “without effect”

frus·trate verb →n GRAMMAR1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable  

something feel or you you, it Corpus if frustrates makes annoyed

frustrate
frus‧trate /frʌˈstreɪt $ ˈfrʌstreɪt/ verb [transitive]1. if something frustrates you, it makes you feel annoyed or angry because you are unable to do what you want:
    The fact that he’s working with amateurs really frustrates him.
2. [usually passive] to prevent someone’s plans, efforts, or attempts from succeeding
   SYN  foil:
    Their attempts to speak to him were frustrated by the guards.

frus·trateBrE /frʌˈstreɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfrʌstreɪt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they frustrate BrE /frʌˈstreɪt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈfrʌstreɪt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it frustrates BrE /frʌˈstreɪts/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈfrʌstreɪts/ 🔊past simple frustrated BrE /frʌˈstreɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈfrʌstreɪtɪd/ 🔊past participle frustrated BrE /frʌˈstreɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈfrʌstreɪtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form frustrating BrE /frʌˈstreɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈfrʌstreɪtɪŋ/ 🔊~ sb to make sb feel annoyed or impatient because they cannot do or achieve what they want 使懊丧；使懊恼；使沮丧◆What frustrates him is that there's too little money to spend on the project. 使他懊恼的是可用于这个项目的资金太少。🔊🔊~ sb/sth to prevent sb from doing sth; to prevent sth from happening or succeeding 阻止；防止；挫败 SYN thwart ◆The rescue attempt was frustrated by bad weather. 营救行动因天气恶劣受阻。🔊🔊