thwarting
present participle ofthwart
| 单词 | thwarting |
| 释义 | thwarting present participle ofthwart thwart verb[T] uk/θwɔːt/us/θwɔːrt/tostopsomething fromhappeningor someone from doing something: Ourholidayplanswere thwarted by theairlinepilots'strike Synonyms foil frustrate queersomeone'spitchUKinformal scotchformal spoil to prevent something from happening
Preventing and impeding
Examplesofthwartingthwarting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. This is not to say, however, that state multiculturalism reinforces ethnic fragmentation,thwartinga broader class-based project of transformation that would arise in its place. From theCambridge English Corpus Thwartingpermanent human interests is not a wise political strategy. From theCambridge English Corpus Finally, emotional maltreatment involves extremethwartingof children's basic emotional needs for psychological safety and security, acceptance and self-esteem, and ageappropriate autonomy. From theCambridge English Corpus Emotional maltreatment involves extremethwartingof children's basic emotional needs for psychological safety and security, acceptance and self-esteem, and ageappropriate autonomy. From theCambridge English Corpus A jet engine fails to start even though its parts are in perfect repair - thusthwartinga hijacker. From theCambridge English Corpus The second case involves the kind of coercivethwartingof sovereignty that is part of paternalism. From theCambridge English Corpus The aftermath of war also includes frustration, born of thethwartingof unrealised visions. From theCambridge English Corpus However, our explanation separates from the multiple traditions' explanation in the latter's absence of a well-defined agency promoting orthwartingthese competing ideologies. From theCambridge English Corpus However, there were also significant interactions between year and locality on these variables,thwartingconclusions on the effects of logging on bee communities. From theCambridge English Corpus Emotional maltreatment involves extremethwartingof children's basic emotional needs for psychological safety and security, acceptance, and self-esteem, and ageappropriate autonomy. From theCambridge English Corpus This finding again attests to the deleterious impact of ongoing maltreatment inthwartingthe development of adaptive competencies as children confront subsequent developmental tasks. From theCambridge English Corpus Victorian views of prescribed roles were contradictory, encouraging independence as a virtue butthwartingwomen who asserted it as a right. From theCambridge English Corpus Emotional maltreatment involves extremethwartingof children's basic emotional needs for psychological safety and security and age-appropriate autonomy. From theCambridge English Corpus Are the pain patients who are nonresponsive to our ministrations actuallythwartingour desires to help? From theCambridge English Corpus Emotional maltreatment was coded for incidents involving persistent or extremethwartingof children's emotional needs. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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