afoul
英 [əˈfaʊl]
美 [əˈfaʊl]
- adv. 冲撞着,纠缠着
- adj. 纠缠的,冲撞的
记忆单词“afoul”可以采用以下方法:
想象一个物体(如球)不小心撞到了障碍物(如墙壁),因此变得“afoul”即陷入障碍。这种方法通过情景联想帮助记忆,使得“afoul”与陷入困境或冲突的情景相联系。
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afoul 抵触来自短语on foul. foul,犯规,发臭。
- afoul (adv.)
- 1809, originally nautical, "in collision or entanglement," from a- (1) + foul (adj.). From 1833 in general sense of "in violent or hostile conflict," mainly in phrases such as run afoul of.
- 1. The kites were afoul in the wind.
- 风筝在风中纠缠一起.
- 2. All of them had run afoul of the law at some time or other.
- 他们所有人都曾触犯过法律。
- 3. The paternal longing ran afoul of her own desire.
- 父亲的愿望和她的心愿相冲突.
- 4. This ran afoul of the law.
- 这与法律相抵触.
- 5. The ship ran afoul of the floating seaweed.
- 船只和漂浮的海草纠缠在一起.