afoul

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英 [əˈfaʊl]word uk audio image

美 [əˈfaʊl] word us audio image

  • adv.& adj.
    冲撞着(的),纠缠着(的)
  • 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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