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to frustrate as though by surrounding 완전히 포위하는 것처럼 해서 실패하게 만들다

• Our hopes for an early end of the meeting were circumvented by the chairperson's refusal to deal with the items on the agenda.
• The angry school board circumvented the students' effort to install color television sets in every classroom.
  화가 난 교육 위원회는 모든 교실마다 컬러 텔레비전을 설치하려던 학생들의 노력을 무위로 만들었다.