afoul
发音
英 [əˈfaʊl]
美 [əˈfaʊl]
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- adv.& adj.
- 冲撞着(的),纠缠着(的)
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- adv.
- (与法律、规章等)相抵触、有冲突
- (船)与…相撞
单词词源
afoul 抵触
来自短语on foul. foul,犯规,发臭。
双语例句
- 1. The paternal longing ran afoul of her own desire .
- 父亲的愿望和她的心愿相冲突。
- 2. As transgendered woman we constantly run afoul of social norms and religious ideology .
- 由于我们不断变性女子相抵触的社会规范和宗教思想。
- 3. The cowboy tried to throw a lasso but the rope ran afoul of a branch .
- 这放牛娃想甩绳索,可绳子缠到一根树枝上了。
- 4. Since the financial crisis , many us banks , such as wachovia and citigroup , have run afoul of laundering rules .
- 自金融危机以来,许多美国的银行,比如美联银行(wachovia)和花旗集团(citigroup),都违反了反洗钱法。
- 5. It would have run afoul of jupiter and been chucked into interstellar space .
- 他可能与木星运行相冲突并被抛到了星际空间。
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