frustrate的名词和形容词分别为frustration和frustrating。frustrate作为动词,意为使沮丧、阻止、挫败;frustration作为名词,意为懊恼、受阻、受挫;frustrating作为形容词,意为令人懊恼的、令人沮丧的。
一、frustrate的含义及用法
frustrate作为动词,意为使懊丧;使懊恼;使沮丧;阻止;防止;挫败。
例句:It's very easy to get frustrated in this job.
这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
It's frustrating to have to wait so long.
要等这么长时间,真令人懊恼。
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。
The current situation is very frustrating for us
当前的情形令我们十分灰心。
二、frustration的含义及用法
frustration作为名词,意为懊丧;懊恼;沮丧;令人懊丧(或懊恼、沮丧)的事物;受阻;受挫;阻止;挫败。
例句:She couldn't stand the frustration of not being able to help.
眼睁睁帮不上忙,她可受不了。
Every job has its difficulties and frustrations.
每个工作都有困难和令人懊恼之处。
These questions frustrated me...
这些问题让我沮丧。
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。
三、frustrating的含义及用法
frustrating作为形容词,意为令人懊恼的;令人沮丧的。
例句:It was a demeaning and ultimately frustrating experience.
那是一次有失颜面并且令人沮丧至极的经历。
The current situation is very frustrating for us
当前的情形令我们十分灰心。
It must be terribly frustrating to lobby and get absolutely nowhere.
游说未取得一点结果,一定让人非常沮丧。