单词乎

foist

音标[fɒist]

汉语翻译

vt. 硬卖给, 偷偷插入, 使混入

词型变化

动词过去式:foisted 过去分词:foisted 现在分词:foisting 第三人称单数:foists 

英语解释

动词 foist:

  1. to force onto another
  2. insert surreptitiously or without warrant

例句

  1. Foisted unfair provisions into the contract.
    以欺骗方式在合同中加入不公平的条款
  2. He's religious but he doesn't try to foist his beliefs on everyone.
    他是教徒,但他不想把自己的信仰强加於人。

详细解释


foist

v.tr.(及物动词)
foist.ed,foist.ing,foists
To pass off as genuine, valuable, or worthy:
蒙混:作为真品、有价值或值得珍藏的东西蒙混:
例句:
.I can usually tell whether a poet . . . is foisting off on us what he`d like to think is pure invention.(J.D. Salinger)
.我通常是能够区分出一个诗人…是否以他自以为完全是创新的文辞蒙混我们.(J.D.塞林杰)

To impose (something or someone unwanted) upon another by coercion or trickery:
冒充:用威胁或欺骗把(不想要的东西或不受欢迎的人)强压给他人:
例句:
They had extra work foisted on them because they couldn`t say no to the boss.
因为他们不能反抗老板,所以被迫做许多额外的工作

To insert fraudulently or deceitfully:
偷偷插入:不诚实地或以欺骗的方式加入:
例句:
foisted unfair provisions into the contract.
以欺骗方式在合同中加入不公平的条款


来源:
Probably Dutch dialectal vuisten [to take in hand]
可能为 荷兰方言 vuisten [用手接]
from Middle Dutch
源自 中古荷兰语
from vuist [fist] * see penk we
源自 vuist [拳头] *参见 penk we


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