1·Justice Department and 20 states Sue Microsoft, accusing the maker of the ubiquitous Windows operating system of abusing its market power to thwart competition from Netscape and others.
司法部及20个州起诉微软，控告这家无处不在的视窗操作系统的制造商滥用市场势力去阻挠来自网景及其他公司的竞争。
2·The Croats set up a whole team specifically to thwart the tribunal's work.
克族人特别组建了一个小组，以阻挠特别法庭的工作。
3·The best you can hope for is that other people won't thwart your efforts to make yourself happy.
我们最大的愿望应该是：没有人会阻挠我们用自己的努力来使自己幸福。
4·Take the rigmarole it puts users through when they wish to close an account. This is clearly designed to thwart fleeing members and verges on the deceitful.
当人们意欲关闭其帐户时让他们重复一套繁琐复杂的程序，这显然是一种欺诈，是专门为阻挠逃离Facebook的成员和有逃离倾向的用户而设计的。
5·This year, with only 41 seats (and one race, in Minnesota, still not settled), Republicans can thwart Mr Obama's agenda only if they remain perfectly united. That is always hard.
今年，由于在参议院的席位减至仅41席(在明尼苏达州的一场竞选还未尘埃落定)，共和党只有在完全团结一致的情况下才能阻挠奥巴马的议事日程，通常来说这是极其困难的。
1·The security forces were doing all they could to thwart terrorists.
安全部队正尽其所能挫败恐怖分子。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·France sought total domination of Europe. This goal was obstructed by British independence and Britain's efforts throughout the continent to thwart Napoleon; through treaties.
法国力图统治整个欧洲，而英国的自主及其力图在整个欧洲大陆挫败拿破仑的种种努力都是法国实现这一目标的障碍。
3·Perhaps an architect alone can't thwart a multi-billion dollar fraud, but architects can help to ensure businesses maintain profits, integrity, and reputation.
也许架构师自己单枪匹马没法挫败几百万美元的欺诈，但架构师可以帮助企业保持利润、信誉和声望。
4·Meanwhile, the INS Tabar, a Russian-made, high-tech Indian warship, managed to thwart the attempted hijacking of an Indian cargo ship off the coast of Somalia.
同时，俄制、高科技的印度“塔霸号”战舰在索马里海岸挫败了一起意图劫持一艘印度货船事件。
5·Here are five ways could Apple actually invent the future, and thwart other makers of phones, tablets, and computers.
这里提出了五个方面，借此苹果可以在手机、平板电脑和传统计算机方面挫败对手，开创未来。
1·If the least-populous states ganged together, senators representing 11% of the population could theoretically thwart the will of the other 89%.
如果那些人口稀少的州联合起来，那么只代表11%人口的参议院在理论上可以阻碍其他的89%的人的意愿。
2·The junta tried its utmost to thwart the relatively benign outcome that now seems possible.
这个集团尽了最大的可能来阻碍相关的利好成果，这在现在看起来似乎是可能的。
3·Avoid taking antidepressants which may suppress REM sleep, and be aware that decongestants, diet pills, and caffeinated beverages may also thwart your ability to achieve REM sleep.
不要用可能会扰乱深度睡眠的抗抑郁药，要清楚鼻塞药，节食药物和含咖啡因的饮料可能会阻碍你进行浅睡眠的能力。
4·That slowdown could thwart founder Mark Zuckerberg's ambition to reach 1 billion users worldwide, despite his prediction last June that "it is almost a guarantee that it will happen".
但是，这种放缓还是阻碍到了创始人Mark Zuckerberg达到10亿全球用户的目标，而他去年六月还预言道：“这几乎是一个必然会发生的事”。
5·While those most vulnerable to high food prices must be helped, policymakers' aim should not be to thwart the price mechanism but to help food markets respond by producing more.
虽然必须帮助那些易受高价食品影响的人，但决策者的目标不应该是阻碍价格机制发挥作用，而是要通过促进粮食生产来帮助粮食市场作出反应。