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foul /faʊl/ NOTE A foul in sports is an action that is against the rules of the game. * foul 指体育比赛中的犯规。► SEE ALLfoul out (of sth)foul upfoul sth up ●ˌfoul ˈout (of sth) 1. (in basketball 篮球) if a player fouls out, or fouls out of the game, he/she makes more than the number of fouls allowed in a game and is no longer allowed to play in that game （犯规超过规定次数）被罚下场2. (in baseball 棒球) if a player fouls out, he/she hits a ball into the foul area and it is caught by a player on the opposing team, so that the first player’s turn to hit is over （因击球出界并被对方捕手接杀而）出局[v + adv]●ˌfoul ˈup●ˌfoul sth ˈup (informal) to do sth badly; to spoil sth, especially by making mistakes （把…）搞糟；坏了事◆The team can’t afford to foul up in this game.
该队输不起这场比赛。◆He admitted he’d completely fouled things up.
他承认自己把事情彻底搞砸了。SYN mess up, mess sth up[v + adv] [v + adv + n] [v + n/pron + adv]▸ ˈfoul-up noun (informal)
a problem caused by bad organization or a stupid mistake （因组织不当或愚蠢失误而引起的）混乱；一团糟◆an administrative foul-up
管理混乱◆There was a complete foul-up at the bank and the customers were sent the wrong statements.
银行捅出大娄子，给客户发送了错误的对账单。 |