frustrate學測 L4KK [ˈfrʌˌstret] ｜ /ˈfrʌˌstreɪt/
阻撓；使受挫而落空·使人沮喪懊惱
常見被動式，主動意義常被忽略
Losing his keys again frustrated him so much that he sat down and sighed.
他又搞丟鑰匙，挫折得坐下嘆氣。
一個畫面：使勁卻被擋下
用力推使出全力想達成目標
被擋下外力介入，努力沒有結果
洩氣皺眉受阻後浮現的沮喪表情
義項
計畫被攔下C1verb阻撓；使受挫而落空
The heavy rain frustrated their plan to have a picnic in the park.
大雨讓他們在公園野餐的計畫落空。
frustrate a planfrustrate an attempt
希望落空懊惱C1verb使人沮喪懊惱
After weeks of studying, he was frustrated when he didn't pass the exam.
苦讀數週後，他沒通過考試而感到沮喪。
feel frustratedget frustrated
片語
feel frustrated皺眉洩氣 →感到沮喪懊惱
get frustrated耐心耗盡 →逐漸感到不耐懊惱
frustrate a plan計畫被攔 →讓計畫落空
a frustrating day白忙一天 →諸事不順的一天
你會不會這樣說？
She felt very ___ after losing the game. (frustrated / frustrating)
看答案
frustrated
frustrated 形容人；frustrating 形容事物。
'The heavy rain frustrated their plan to have a picnic.' 這裡的 frustrated 最接近哪個意思？(A) 讓計畫受挫落空 (B) 讓人感到開心
看答案
(A)
此句 frustrate 指使計畫落空，對應第一義項。
字族
frustrating 令人沮喪的；惱人的・frustration 挫折感；沮喪・frustrated 感到沮喪懊惱的
順路看看
discourage — 讓人失去嘗試的勇氣disappoint — 希望落空的失望感多益練習
本區為多益情境練習，與上方釋義獨立編寫
情境例句
安排產品拍攝
Heavy rain frustrated the team's plan to photograph the new equipment outdoors.
大雨讓團隊在戶外拍攝新設備的計畫落空。
處理檔案上傳問題
Repeated upload failures frustrated the assistant, who was trying to submit the report.
助理正試著提交報告，接連的上傳失敗讓他感到懊惱。
詞族
frustrate verb 阻撓；使人懊惱・frustration noun 挫折感；懊惱・frustrated adjective 感到受挫的；懊惱的・frustrating adjective 令人受挫的；令人懊惱的
四選一
Repeated login failures can ____ employees who need to access shared files.
看答案
frustrate
can 後須用原形動詞 frustrate，並以 employees 為受詞，表示使員工懊惱。frustration 是名詞；frustrated 是過去式、過去分詞或形容詞；frustratingly 是副詞，均不符合此處句型。
同義改寫
Heavy rain frustrated the team's plan to photograph the new equipment outdoors. → Heavy rain prevented the team from carrying out its plan to photograph the new equipment outdoors.
此處 frustrate a plan 表示使計畫無法實現；改寫保留大雨阻止團隊執行拍攝計畫的意思。
Repeated upload failures frustrated the assistant, who was trying to submit the report. → Repeated upload failures made the assistant feel frustrated while trying to submit the report.
frustrated the assistant 與 made the assistant feel frustrated 都表示上傳失敗使助理因無法完成工作而懊惱。