挫败；阻挠( thwart的过去式和过去分词 )；使受挫折；旧>横过；

1. 挫败：thwarted 挫败 | elaborate 详尽阐述 | allude 婉转提及

2. 挫败的：13. Exeter:埃克塞特市,位于英国英格兰西南部,是德文郡的首府. | 14. thwarted:挫败的. | 15. stock prices would plunge:牲畜价格会大幅度下跌.

1. disappointingly unsuccessful

    e.g. disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions
           their foiled attempt to capture Calais
           many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers
           his best efforts were thwarted

    Synonym: defeateddisappointeddiscomfitedfoiledfrustrated