foul词组,隐喻,短语

foul

foulfoul[faʊl],foul 'up; ,foul sth 'up (informal)1.■to do sth badly;to spoil sth, especially by making mistakes﹙把…﹚搞糟；坏了事:The team can’t afford to foul up in this game.这个队输不起这场比赛。He admitted he’d completely fouled things up .他承认自己把事情彻底搞砸了。[synonym]mess up,mess sth up[G]v+adv ◆ v+adv+n ◆ v+n/pron+adv'foul-up n (informal)2.■a problem caused by bad organization or a stupid mistake﹙因组织不当或愚蠢错误而引起的﹚混乱；差错:an administrative foul-up 经营混乱There was a computer foul-up at the bank and customers were sent the wrong statements.银行的计算机信息出错，给客户发送了错误的结单。