| 釋義 |
foist
f??st;f?ist
<<動詞>>
foist.ed, foist.ing, foists
<<及物動詞>>
1 蒙騙
"I can usually tell whether a poet
…is foisting off on us what he'd like to think is pure invention." (J. D. Salinger) 我通常可以看出一位詩人是否以他自認(rèn)為完全是創(chuàng)新的文辭蒙騙我們
2 冒稱
They had extra work foisted on them because they couldn't say no to the boss.
因為他們不能跟老板說不, 因此他們擁有許多他們不愿做的額外工作
3 偷偷插入
foisted unfair provisions into the contract
偷偷將不公平的條款插入契約書內(nèi)
|