1. 难吃的;肮脏的;恶臭的
    If you describe something as foul, you mean it is dirty and smells or tastes unpleasant.

    e.g. ...foul polluted water...
           恶臭的脏水
    e.g. The smell was quite foul.
           臭气熏天。

2. (言语)粗俗的，冒犯的
    Foul language is offensive and contains swear words or rude words.

    e.g. He was sent off for using foul language in a match last Sunday...
           他在上周日的一场比赛中因为骂人而被罚下场。
    e.g. He had a foul mouth.
           他爱说脏话。

3. 易怒的;暴躁的
    If someone has a foul temper or is in a foul mood, they become angry or violent very suddenly and easily.

    e.g. Collins was in a foul mood even before the interviews began.
           柯林斯在采访还没开始时就暴躁不安起来。

4. (天气)恶劣的，多风的，有暴风雨的
    Foul weather is unpleasant, windy, and stormy.

5. 弄脏;弄污;污染
    If a place is fouled by someone or something, they make it dirty.

    e.g. A village's entire beach and harbor can be fouled by a single rotting whale...
           一只腐烂的死鲸就足以弄脏一个村子的整片海滩和港口。
    e.g. Two oil-related accidents near Los Angeles have fouled the ocean and the skies there.
           发生在洛杉矶附近的两起漏油事故已经污染了那里的海洋和天空。

6. (动物拉屎)弄脏
    If an animal fouls a place, it drops faeces onto the ground.

    e.g. It is an offence to let your dog foul a footpath.
           让狗在人行道上拉屎是违法行为。

7. (使)绞住;(使)缠住
    If a machine or vehicle fouls part of its mechanism or if something such as a rope fouls the mechanism, the mechanism can no longer work properly because something has become twisted or knotted around it.

    e.g. The freighter fouled its propeller in fishing nets.
           货船的螺旋桨被渔网缠住了。

8. 对…犯规
    In a game or sport, if a player fouls another player, they touch them or block them in a way which is not allowed according to the rules.

    e.g. Middlesbrough's Jimmy Phillips was sent off for fouling Steve Tilson.
           米德尔斯堡队的吉米·菲利普斯因为对史蒂夫·蒂尔森犯规而被罚下场。

9. 犯规
    A foul is an act in a game or sport that is not allowed according to the rules.

    e.g. He picked up his first booking for a 45th-minute foul on Bull.
           他因为在比赛进行到第 45 分钟时对公牛队犯规而被第一次记名警告。

10. 声明对手犯规;声称对手违法
    If you cry foul, you claim that someone, especially an opponent or rival, has acted illegally or unfairly.

    e.g. Deprived of the crushing victory it was confidently expecting, the party cried foul.
           失去了自以为十拿九稳的压倒性胜利，该政党声称对手违规。

11. 不择手段地;采取一切手段地
      If someone tries to achieve something by fair means or foul, they use every means possible in order to achieve it, and they do not care if their behaviour is dishonest or unfair.

      e.g. They will only be satisfied if they regain control —by fair means or foul.
             只有重新掌权他们才会满意——为此他们将不择手段。

12. 惹恼;触怒
      If you fall foul of someone or run foul of them, you do something which gets you into trouble with them.

      e.g. He had fallen foul of the FBI.
             他已经惹恼了联邦调查局。
      e.g. ...teenagers who run foul of the law.
             触犯法律的青少年

13. 搞砸;弄糟
      If you foul up something such as a plan, you spoil it by doing something wrong or stupid.

foul什么意思

      e.g. There are serious risks that laboratories may foul up these tests.
             实验室很有可能搞砸这些试验。

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