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foil

当然,我非常乐意帮您分析这个单词—— “foil”。

“Foil” 可以有很多意思,具体取决于上下文环境:

  1. “Foil” 是一个名词,主要意思是“锡纸”。例如:We wrapped the chicken in foil before grilling it.(我们在烤这只鸡前用锡纸包了起来。)
  2. “Foil” 作为动词意思是阻止,挫败。例如: Her plans were foiled by the rain.(她的计划被雨打乱了。)
  1. She foiled his attempt to cheat in the exam. (她挫败了他作弊的企图。)
  2. The potatoes are baked in foil. (土豆是裹着锡纸烤的。)
  3. You were a perfect foil for my brilliance. (你和我的聪明才智形成鲜明对比。)

词根为 “foil”,原义在中古英语中是 “leaf”(叶子),但现在这个词根已经无法识别或相关联了。

“Foil” 这个单词源自中古英语,原意为叶子,后来产生了很多不同的用法和意思。

“Foil” 主要有两种形式,一个是名词,另一个是动词。它的动词形式主要有 foiled 和 foiling 两个后缀变形。

“foil”的形状与锡纸(foil)以及聚光灯下的明星相像,都有突出主体、衬托之意。您可以把这个词与视觉上的元素关联起来来帮助记忆。

Jane is a humble girl in high school. One day, her classmate Bob tried to cheat in the exam, but his plan was foiled by Jane who was sitting next to him. “No one should break the rules,” she said. (珍妮是个在高中很低调的女生。有一天,她的同学鲍勃试图在考试中作弊,但他的计划被坐在他旁边的珍妮挫败了。“没有人应该违反规则”,她说。)