1. 挫败：thwarted 挫败 | elaborate 详尽阐述 | allude 婉转提及
2. 挫败的：13. Exeter:埃克塞特市,位于英国英格兰西南部,是德文郡的首府. | 14. thwarted:挫败的. | 15. stock prices would plunge:牲畜价格会大幅度下跌.
adj
1. disappointingly unsuccessful
e.g. disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions
their foiled attempt to capture Calais
many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers
his best efforts were thwarted