英和和英

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /fɹʌˈstɹeɪt/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈfɹʌsˌtɹeɪt/
• 韻: (英国発音) -eɪt

動詞

frustrate (third-person singular simple present frustrates, present participle frustrating, simple past and past participle frustrated)

1. (transitive) To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.

   It frustrates me to do all this work and then lose it all.

2. (transitive) To hinder or thwart.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hinder

   My clumsy fingers frustrate my typing efforts.

   • 1895, Frank Frankfort Moore, chapter VI, in One Fair Daughter, volume 1, pages 234–235:

     Perhaps it was the too-tooing of the youth on the coach horn which frustrated the proposal, and made it appear ludicrous rather than insultive to her ears.

   • 2019 October 9, Farhad Manjoo, “Dealing With China Isn’t Worth the Moral Cost”, in New York Times:

     With its far larger population, China’s economy will inevitably come to eclipse ours, but that is hardly a mortal threat. In climate change, the world faces a huge collective-action problem that will require global cooperation. According to this view, treating China like an adversary will only frustrate our own long-term goals.

3. (transitive) To cause stress or annoyance.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:annoy

   This test frustrates me because if I fail, it'll destroy my grade.

同意語

派生語

語源 2

From 中期英語 frustrat (“prevented, disappointed, rendered useless”, adjective as well as past participle of frustraten (see Etymology 1)), from Latin frūstrātus, perfect passive participle of frūstrō (“to deceive”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

形容詞

frustrate (comparative more frustrate, superlative most frustrate)

1. ineffectual; useless; fruitless.
   • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:

     Our frustrate search.

   • 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night, volume XVI:

     In all eternity I had one chance
     One few years' term of gracious human life
     […]
     And this sole chance was frustrate from my birth
     A mockery, a delusion; […]