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The perpetrators were targeting the government and their ultimate purpose, though foiled, was to disrupt all mid-Atlantic transportation networks.
罪犯的目标是政府,虽然他们的最终目的是干扰大西洋中部的交通网络,但遭挫败。
《House of Cards Season 5》《纸牌屋 第五季》
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Well, Plankton, like a reheated Krabby Patty, you've been foiled again.
好吧,就像是重新加热蟹黄堡一样,你又被锡纸包住了。
《The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water》《海绵宝宝历险记:海绵出水》
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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。
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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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A brave police chief foiled an armed robbery by grabbing the raider's shotgun.
一个勇敢的警长夺过歹徒的猎枪,挫败了一起武装抢劫。
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Customs officials foiled an attempt to smuggle the paintings out of the country.
海关关员阻截了一次企图走私画作出境的阴谋。
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They were foiled in their attempt.
他们的企图成了泡影。
词根 foil
foiled,英语单词,主要用作形容词、动词,作形容词时译为“有叶形装饰的”,作动词时译为“阻止(foil的过去式和过去分词)”。