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發佈時間: 2019/05/22

Thwart

美國政府將中國電信巨擘華為列入貿易黑名單,誓要阻撓(thwart)華為在美國的業務,華為的創辦人卻反嗆,表示美國低估了華為的力量。信息科技公司成為中美貿易戰的重要談判籌碼。

動詞thwart是書面語,解作「阻撓、挫敗」,阻止某事發生或某人做某事。Thwart常用於指阻撓某個計劃(plan)、雄心(ambition)。例句︰President Donald Trump issued orders aimed at thwarting Huawei's business in the United State.(總統特朗普發布命令旨在挫敗華為在美國的業務。)The court thwarted the government's plans to bring down this year's budget deficit.(法院阻撓了政府削減今年預算赤字的計劃。)Her father's opposition thwarted her ambition to become the first female president.(父親的反對令她成為第一位女總統的野心受挫。)

AThwart的過去分詞thwarted可以用作形容詞,解「受挫的、挫敗的」。例句︰We were aware of his thwarted plan to destroy our company.(我們意識到他想破壞我們公司的計劃受挫。)His jealousy may be arisen out of his thwarted ambition to become a great painter.(他的嫉妒可能源於他成為偉大畫家的野心受挫。)

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