the feeling of being upset or annoyed, especially because of inability to change or achieve something (尤指因无能为力而引起的)痛苦;恼怒 I sometimes feel like screaming with frustration. 我有时苦恼得真想要大喊大叫。 ■[count noun]an event or circumstance that causes one to have such a feeling 挫折,令人心烦的事(或环境) the inherent frustrations of assembly line work. 组装线工作所固有的种种令人心烦的东西。 ■the prevention of the progress, success, or fulfilment of something 阻挠,挫败 the frustration of their wishes. 对他们愿望的阻挠。
语源
mid 16th cent.: from Latin frustratio(n-), from frustrare 'disappoint' (see frustrate)