frustrate

英 /frʌˈstreɪt/ 美 /ˈfrʌstreɪt/

★★★★中高频词

中文释义

vt.挫败，阻挠，使受挫折

adj.无益的，无效的

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？
We will frustrate you, my friends, deep as you think yourselves.

我的朋友呀, 尽管你们自以为高深莫测, 我们会挫败你们的.
But this didn't frustrate Einstein. He was content to go as far as he could.

但这并没有使爱因斯坦灰心, 他对能够更深入地研究而感到满意.