foiled
🇬🇧/ˈfɔɪld/ 🇺🇸/fɔɪld/📚 39853六级雅思GREsatIf you foil someone's plan or attempt to do something, for example, to commit a crime, you succeed in stopping them from doing what they want. 挫败
adjective [原级]有叶形装饰的
Police have foiled an attempt to smuggle a bomb into Belfast airport.
警方挫败了一个将炸弹偷带进贝尔法斯特机场的企图。
verb [vt. 及物动词]阻止（foil 的过去式和过去分词）
They were foiled in their attempt to smuggle the paintings.
他们走私绘画作品的企图未能得逞。
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