核心畫面

You are pushing towards something you want, and something in the way will not move.

你一直往某個方向推,前面卻擋著一道推不動的牆。關鍵不是「事情很難」,而是「我明明想要、也在使力,卻過不去」——想去的更多收起你一直往某個方向推,前面卻擋著一道推不動的牆。關鍵不是「事情很難」,而是「我明明想要、也在使力,卻過不去」——想去的地方在眼前,路被堵住。這個卡住的狀態同時解釋了它的兩個用法:一個講當下那股憋住的情緒,一個講一輩子都被擋在門外的人。

Two branches

當下被卡住的情緒

牆就在眼前,而你正撞上去——這是那一刻的感覺。

frustrated (annoyed) · adjective · C1

Feeling annoyed and impatient because you cannot change a situation or cannot get something done.

挫敗

一生都沒能走成的那條路

同一個「被擋住」的畫面,但時間拉長成幾十年,而且擋住的不是一件事,是一個身分。

frustrated (unfulfilled) · adjective · C1

Used before a job or skill for a person who wants that work but has never been able to do it.

未能如願

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

frustratedadj/fɹʌˈstɹeɪ.tɪd/

  • 1

    Foiled, stopped, disappointed.

  • 2

    Suffering from frustration; dissatisfied, agitated, discontent and/or slightly angry because one is unable to perform an action or fulfill a desire, or something happened or someone else did something in a way one did not hope for, expect, or desire.

    • She easily gets frustrated when it comes to financial matters.
    • Alan Pardew finished by far the most frustrated man at the Emirates, blaming fatigue for the fact that Arsenal were able to kill his team off in the dying minutes.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。