| 释义 |
afoul, adv. and pred. a. Orig. Naut.|əˈfaʊl|
[a prep.1 + foul: cf. asleep.]
Entangled, in collision; fouled. Const. of. Phr. to fall, run afoul of: to fall, run foul of (see fall v. 87 and run v. 10 c). Now chiefly U.S.
1809J. Barlow Columb. vii. 521 With shrouds afoul. 1824Blackw. Mag. Oct. 416/1 We see no reason for encouraging anybody in running afoul of other people's countries. 1840Dana Bef. Mast (1854) xv. 76 After paying out chain, we swung clear, but our anchors were no doubt afoul of hers. 1841Totten Naval Text-bk. 328 A vessel ran a-foul of us. 1893Scribner's Mag. June 793/2 He sometimes falls afoul of the night lines baited for eels. 1937F. Scott Fitzgerald Let. July (1964) 16, I ran afoul of a bastard named de Sano. 1958C. Ferguson Naked to Enemies i. iii. 29 He stood pledged to aid them if they..fell afoul of the law on any personal matter. 1961B. Vawter Consc. of Israel ix. 244 The modern neutralist or other espouser of unpopular causes..can hardly fail to run afoul of the jingoistic society in which he lives. |