frustrated
 (adj.)坎坷


 Frus·trate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frustrated p. pr. & vb. n. Frustrating.]
 1. To bring to nothing; to prevent from attaining a purpose; to disappoint; to defeat; to baffle; as, to frustrate a plan, design, or attempt; to frustrate the will or purpose.
 Shall the adversary thus obtain
 His end and frustrate thine ?   --Milton.
 2. To make null; to nullifly; to render invalid or of no effect; as, to frustrate a conveyance or deed.
 Syn: -- To balk; thwart; foil; baffle; defeat.

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 frustrated
      adj : disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and
            thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture
            Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking
            teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted" [syn: defeated,
             disappointed, discomfited, foiled, thwarted]