| 词汇 | foul-up |
| 释义 | foul (something) upphrasal verb with foulverbuk /faʊl/ us /faʊl/ informal to spoil something by making a mistake or doing something stupid: 搞砸，搞糟 I don't want David organizing this party after the way he fouled things up last year.去年戴维把聚会搞砸了，今年的聚会我不想让他组织。 Damaging and spoiling adulterant adulterate adulterated adulteration applecart butcher drive a wedge between someoneidiom dry rot eat eat away at something erode foul queer rain on someone's paradeidiom rampage ravage ravages seismic sour wreck foul-up noun[ C ] UKinformaluk /ˈfaʊl.ʌp/ us /ˈfaʊl.ʌp/ an occasion when something is spoiled by a stupid mistake: 搞砸，搞糟 This investigation has been mismanaged right from the start - I've never seen such a foul-up.这次调查从一开始就组织不力——我从未见过如此糟糕混乱的情形。 Synonyms bloomer blunder botch pratfall Compare blooper(MISTAKE) Faults and mistakes (that's) your hard luckidiom aberration Achilles heel adrift black mark blemish errata erratum error failing false move malaprop miscue misfunction misperception misprint that's/it's your funeral!idiom typo uncorrectable uncorrected You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Failures foul up (something) | American Dictionaryfoul up (something)phrasal verb with foulverbus/fɑʊl/ infml to spoil or damage something, esp. by making a mistake or doing something stupid: I think antipollution devices really foul up a lot of engines. If you foul up, tell the president and correct it fast. foul-up noun[ C ] infmlus/fɑʊl ˌʌp/ a big or stupid mistake that upsets people: I do not allow any foul-ups in this company. Examples of foul (something) upfoul (something) up That belief led to the foul-up and disaster when we last restructured local government. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Definite benefits will accrue to a political party that admits that it has made a complete foul-up and has changed its policy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Pressing the path of politics too strongly has caused the present foul-up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There must have been a foul-up somewhere. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Who is responsible for the foul-up? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The word blooper was not allowed to be uttered, with the term foul-up substituted where applicable. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Snapper becomes separated from the others and a foul-up with his powers temporarily drives him insane. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. I am sure that he agrees that we do not want any more traditional computer foul-ups. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that we shall not see in future the procurement foul-ups that we have seen in the past. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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