foiled
past simple and past participle offoil
| 单词 | foiled |
| 释义 | foiled past simple and past participle offoil foil verb[T] uk/fɔɪl/us/fɔɪl/topreventsomeone or something from beingsuccessful: Theprisoners'attempttoescapewas foiled at the lastminutewhenpolicereceivedatip-off. Synonym thwart to prevent something from happening
Preventing and impeding
Examplesoffoiledfoiled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. When the degree of natural variation turned out to be much greater than expected, we werefoiled. From theCambridge English Corpus Any attempts to introduce interesting new methods of assessment and testing werefoiledby limitations in the memory size and processing speed of the computers. From theCambridge English Corpus In the field of architecture where advancement through research isfoiledby minuscule sponsorship, progress is also minuscule. From theCambridge English Corpus But the committee's efforts werefoiledby a struggle between private and public interests that would plague burial reform throughout most of the nineteenth century. From theCambridge English Corpus If our view is ambition-sensitive, we need to establish whether and why we care particularly about ambitionsfoiledby disability compared with other obstacles to opportunity, such as involuntary unemployment. From theCambridge English Corpus Fraud will not befoiled, however, unless witnesses certify in front of a lawyer or are contacted before an advance directive is acted on. From theCambridge English Corpus He has, one might suppose, beenfoiledby her action. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We all know that the one question can easily befoiled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Many attacks have beenfoiledby the courage and expertise of the security forces. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Clearly, we receive evidence from time to time that risks arefoiledby the early action that is now taken and the vigilance that exists. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Prompt and determined action by the four supervising officersfoiledthis attempt and the prisoners were removed to the cells. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They werefoiledin their attempt to do anything under the basic treaties, so they invented a new mechanism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Roughly one-third of 200 hijack attempts in the last ten years have beenfoiled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 However, the technology wasfoiledwhen the claimants filled their bare fields with plastic olive trees. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The lecture was concluded with an attack on the platform which wasfoiledby the police. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen 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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