foil
英 [fɔɪl]
美 [fɔɪl]
n. (尤指包装食物等用的)箔; 箔纸(覆有箔的纸); 陪衬者; 陪衬物; (击剑运动用的)花剑
v. 挫败,阻止,制止(非法活动等)
过去分词:foiled 过去式:foiled 复数:foils 第三人称单数:foils 现在分词:foiling
Collins.2 / BNC.8897 / COCA.6713
同义词辨析
foilv. 〈书〉挫败
〔辨析〕
指阻止某人做成坏事。
〔例证〕
to foil a plot
挫败阴谋
His attempt to rob the bank was foiled by the police.
他抢劫银行的企图被警察挫败了。
挫败阴谋
His attempt to rob the bank was foiled by the police.
他抢劫银行的企图被警察挫败了。
frustratev. 〈书〉挫败,阻挠
〔辨析〕
指阻止某人的计划、努力、意图等,使之不能成功,通常用被动语态。
〔例证〕
Our plan to go on a picnic was frustrated by his sister.
我们去野餐的计划因为他姐姐的阻止而泡汤了。
Their attempt to get a signature from him was frustrated by the guards.
她们想找他要个签名,但是被警卫拦住了。
我们去野餐的计划因为他姐姐的阻止而泡汤了。
Their attempt to get a signature from him was frustrated by the guards.
她们想找他要个签名,但是被警卫拦住了。
牛津词典
noun
- (尤指包装食物等用的)箔
metal made into very thin sheets that is used for covering or wrapping things, especially food- aluminium foil
铝箔 - aluminum foil
铝箔
- aluminium foil
- 箔纸(覆有箔的纸)
paper that is covered in very thin sheets of metal- The chocolates are individually wrapped in gold foil.
巧克力用金箔纸一颗颗独立包装。
- The chocolates are individually wrapped in gold foil.
- 陪衬者;陪衬物
a person or thing that contrasts with, and therefore emphasizes, the qualities of another person or thing- The pale walls provide a perfect foil for the furniture.
浅色的墙壁完全衬托出家具的特色。
- The pale walls provide a perfect foil for the furniture.
- (击剑运动用的)花剑
a long thin light sword used in the sport of fencing
verb
- 挫败,阻止,制止(非法活动等)
to stop sth from happening, especially sth illegal; to prevent sb from doing sth- to foil a plan/crime/plot
挫败计划 / 犯罪 / 阴谋 - Customs officials foiled an attempt to smuggle the paintings out of the country.
海关关员阻截了一次企图走私画作出境的阴谋。 - They were foiled in their attempt to smuggle the paintings.
他们走私绘画作品的企图未能得逞。
- to foil a plan/crime/plot
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT (用来包裹食物的)箔(纸)
Foilconsists of sheets of metal as thin as paper. It is used to wrap food in.- Pour cider around the meat and cover with foil.
在肉周围倒上苹果酒,然后以箔纸覆盖。 - ...aluminium foil.
铝箔
- Pour cider around the meat and cover with foil.
- VERB 阻止;挫败
If youfoilsomeone's plan or attempt to do something, for example to commit a crime, you succeed in stopping them from doing what they want.- A brave police chief foiled an armed robbery on a jewellers' by grabbing the raiders' shotgun...
一位勇敢的警长夺过了意图袭击珠宝店的劫匪手中的猎枪,挫败了这起持械抢劫案。 - The idea of building a roof terrace was also foiled by the planning authorities.
建造一个带棚阳台的想法也被规划局否决了。
- A brave police chief foiled an armed robbery on a jewellers' by grabbing the raiders' shotgun...
- N-COUNT 陪衬物;烘托者
If you refer to one thing or person asafoilforanother, you approve of the fact that they contrast with each other and go well together, often in a way that makes the second thing or person seem better or less harmful.- He thought of her serenity as a foil for his intemperance...
在他看来,她的平静反衬出了他的放纵。 - A cold beer is the perfect foil for a curry.
冰镇啤酒是吃咖喱的绝配。
- He thought of her serenity as a foil for his intemperance...
- 花剑
Afoilis a thin light sword used in fencing, which has a button on its tip to prevent injury.
英英释义
noun
- a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button
- a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal
- the photographic film was wrapped in foil
- picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base
- a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through
- the fins of a fish act as hydrofoils
- anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities
- pretty girls like plain friends as foils
verb
- cover or back with foil
- foil mirrors
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
- What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
- foil your opponent
- enhance by contrast
- In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background
双语例句
- Study on high specific capacitance of aluminum foil by multi-arc ion plating system;
研究了直流电腐蚀对电解电容器阳极铝箔比容的影响。 - Dad handed me a big box wrapped in gold foil and tied with a red ribbon.
爸爸递给我一个用金箔包装、外面扎了根红丝带的大盒子。 - He pricks holes in the foil with a pin.
他用大头针在箔纸上戳一些孔。 - Seminar topics covered many aspects of narrow and mid-web film, foil and flexible print for packaging.
研讨会的主题涵盖了狭隘和中网薄膜,箔和灵活的印刷包装的许多方面。 - An ugly woman serves as a foil to a pretty girl.
一个丑女人可以将美丽的姑娘反衬得更加漂亮。 - The fatigue failure of working roller in aluminium foil mill was ana1ysed.
对使用中的铝箔轧机工作辊产生疲劳破裂的因素进行了分析。 - On this occasion, he was merely acting as a foil.
在这个场合里,他只是个陪衬而已。 - He wrapped his sandwiches in tin foil.
他用锡纸所起了他的三明治。 - Or, for about a dollar, you can build a solar stove out of aluminum foil and cardboard.
或者,约一美元,您可以建立一个太阳能炉灶的铝箔和纸板。 - Milk bottle tops are made of tin foil.
牛奶瓶盖是锡箔做的。