| 词汇 | foiling |
| 释义 | foiling present participle offoil foil verb[ T ] uk /fɔɪl/ us /fɔɪl/ to prevent someone or something from being successful: 挫败，阻止，制止 The prisoners' attempt to escape was foiled at the last minute when police received a tip-off.由于警方收到密报，囚犯的越狱企图在最后一刻被挫败。 Synonym thwart to prevent something from happening preventVaccination will prevent the spread of the disease. avoidLabel the boxes to avoid confusion. stopThis should stop any further trouble. avertWe had to act quickly to avert disaster. prohibitBehavioural problems in the classroom prohibit learning. checkChildren are being vaccinated in an attempt to check the spread of the disease. Preventing and impeding anti-drug anti-jamming avoid avoidable avoidably bottleneck derail fireproof guard against something hamper hang have someone/something hanging round your neckidiom head off preclusive prejudice prevent preventable preventative scuttle smother Examples of foilingfoiling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. They are attempting to avoid an economic crisis by pushing ahead with the armaments race and foiling international disarmament in every way possible. What are the things that are foiling us? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thirdly, security requirements are constantly evolving as networking in the community and computing develop further, electronic communications become more widespread and hackers become more adept at foiling security systems. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We must ensure that the legislation on data protection and that on freedom of information interface correctly and do not become a means of foiling one another. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Techniques such as fingerprinting, face recognition and use of the iris allow us to develop a database capable of foiling attempts to duplicate or steal identity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The ghosts come back to life, foiling the curse, and all ends happily. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Humans' ability to move out of reach with the help of others, thus foiling the attack, is unusual for a great white's prey. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. His help in foiling the plot was rewarded. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Quadratic equations can also be solved using factorization (the reverse process of which is expansion, but for two linear terms is sometimes denoted foiling). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Manoeuvres by players on the attacking team are sometimes aimed at foiling this defensive system. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The broadcast is believed to have been a major factor in foiling the coup. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This set also began a tradition of foiling a select eighteen rares and inserting them into one of every seven packs. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. While allowing for dramatically more storage on the disc and foiling casual piracy, the format only provides limited error correction. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She is then instrumental in foiling the plot. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The children then wreak havoc in the park, foiling the gangsters at every turn. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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