frustration

英 [frʌˈstreɪʃn]

美 [frʌˈstreɪʃn]

n.  懊丧; 懊恼; 沮丧; 令人懊丧(或懊恼、沮丧)的事物; 受阻; 受挫; 阻止; 挫败

复数：frustrations　

TOEFLIELTSTEM8医学

BNC.3925 / COCA.3240

牛津词典

noun

• 懊丧；懊恼；沮丧
  the feeling of being frustrated
  1. Dave thumped the table in frustration .
     戴夫懊恼得捶打桌子。
  2. She couldn't stand the frustration of not being able to help.
     眼睁睁帮不上忙，她可受不了。
  3. sexual frustration
     性挫败
• 令人懊丧（或懊恼、沮丧）的事物
  something that causes you to feel frustrated
  1. Every job has its difficulties and frustrations.
     每个工作都有困难和令人懊恼之处。
  2. Inevitably she took out her frustrations on the children.
     她不可避免地把气出在孩子们身上。
• 受阻；受挫；阻止；挫败
  the fact that sth is preventing sth/sb from succeeding
  1. the frustration of all his ambitions
     对他所有抱负的打击

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

英英释义

noun

• an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts
  Synonym:thwartingfoiling
• a feeling of annoyance at being hindered or criticized
  1. her constant complaints were the main source of his frustration
• the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
  Synonym:defeat

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