foist

[美]/fɔɪst/
[英]/fɔɪst/
词频: 极高

释义

vt. 偷偷插入;混入;蒙骗;硬卖给;采用欺骗手段出售;把……强加于
词形变化
现在分词foisting
过去式foisted
复数foists
过去分词foisted
第三人称单数foists

短语搭配

foist upon

强加于

try to foist

试图强加

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

I wouldn't dream of foisting myself on you.

我做梦都没有想要将自己强加于你。

beers are foisted on a public unaware of their inferior ingredients.

把配料低劣的啤酒强卖给不知情的公众。

he attempted to foist a new minister into the conference.

他想擅自把一个新牧师塞进会议。

He foisted himself on them for the weekend.

他强要和他们去度周末。

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

He doesn’t try to foist his beliefs on everyone.

他不会勉强每个人接受他的信念。

The author discovered that the translator had foisted several passages into his book.

作者发现译者偷偷在他的原著中插入了几段。

"They didn't invite John to go out with them, but he foisted himself on them."

"他们并未邀请约翰一同出游,可是他自己硬跟着他们去。"

She resented having the child foisted on her while the parents went travelling abroad.

她对孩子的父母出国旅行卻硬要她来照看孩子这事很反感。

原声例句

Given that I foisted this on you at the last minute, you did very well.”

鉴于我是在最后时刻才让你去采访的,你真的表现得很好了。

来源: Fifty Shades of Grey (Audiobook Excerpt)

Political analyst Khalid Ali says the U.S. foisted the deal on Sudan's fragile transitional government.

政治分析人士哈立德·阿里表示,美国将这项协议强加于苏丹脆弱的过渡政府。

来源: NPR News October 2020 Collection

" If you think she is to be foisted off on me, you are greatly mistaken, " Miss Minchin gasped.

“如果你认为她是要强加给我的,那你就大错特错了,”明钦小姐喘着气说。

来源: The Little Princess (Original Version)

It's transformation with science and design as opposed to transformation brought on or foisted on us by rapid tech change.

SR:它是科学和设计的转变,而不是快速的技术变革给我们带来或强加给我们的转变。

来源: TED Talks (Video Edition) February 2021 Collection

They then attempt to foist their hypocrisy upon the rest of us by asking us to ban works dealing with the truths they deny.

他们还企图把他们的这种伪善强加给我们其他 人,要我们取缔那些说出他们所否认的真相的作品。

来源: The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling

We've tried to foist copyright, DMCA, DRM and watermarks onto the internet to protect our ideas and to restrain their distribution.

我们试图将版权、DMCA、DRM 和水印强加到互联网上,以保护我们的想法并限制它们的传播。

来源: TED Talks (Audio Version) October 2021 Collection

She berated the court when, in 2014, it let employers foist their religious beliefs on their workers by not paying for cover for contraception.

2014年,法院允许雇主通过不覆盖避孕费用的方式,将自己的宗教信仰强加给员工,鲁斯对此大加斥责。

来源: The Economist (Summary)

In fact, when those same people reported how they felt about similar sounding words like hoist and foist they didn't have the same negative reaction.

事实上报告指出,当同一批人听到类似发音词,如“吊起”和“强迫接受”时他们不会有同样消极反应。

来源: Perspective Encyclopedia of Technology

Artificial needs and desires are being foisted upon us and, because of the employment of evermore sophisticated techniques, we are beginning to believe that they are natural and immutable.

人造的需求和欲望正强加给我们。因为使用的技术始终很深奥,我们开始相信这些需求是自然的和不可改变的。

来源: Recite for the King Volume 4 (All 60 lessons)

The name was never to Schulz's taste: foisted on him by his publisher, it apparently derived from " peanut gallery" , slang for the cheapest seats in a vaudeville theatre.

这个名字从来都不合舒尔茨的口味:是他的出版商强加给他的,它显然源自“peanut gallery” ,俚语是杂耍剧院最便宜的座位。

来源: The Economist Culture

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