Foiled - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

verb

Hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking.

Примеры использования:

He balked at such a drastic solution

noun

A roughly squared timber beam.

Примеры использования:

A balk of timber

verb

To be unwilling to do something or let something happen

Примеры использования:

I balked at the prospect of spending four hours on a train with him.

noun

A large solid piece of hard material, especially rock, stone, or wood, typically with flat surfaces on each side.

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A block of marble

verb

Make the movement or flow in (a passage, pipe, road, etc.) difficult or impossible.

Примеры использования:

The narrow roads were blocked by cars

verb

Obstruct

verb

Examine (something) in order to determine its accuracy, quality, or condition, or to detect the presence of something.

Примеры использования:

Customs officers have the right to check all luggage

noun

An examination to test or ascertain accuracy, quality, or satisfactory condition.

Примеры использования:

A campaign calling for regular checks on gas appliances

exclamation

Us spelling of cheque.

noun

A long flat-topped fitment across which business is conducted in a shop or bank or refreshments are served in a cafeteria.

Примеры использования:

Having eaten these we were hard pressed to ignore the shop counter as we departed.

verb

Speak or act in opposition to.

Примеры использования:

The second argument is more difficult to counter

adverb

In the opposite direction or in opposition to.

Примеры использования:

His writing ran counter to the dominant trends of the decade

verb

Cause severe and disabling damage to; deprive of the ability to function normally.

Примеры использования:

Developing countries are crippled by their debts

noun

A person with a severe limitation of a specified kind.

Примеры использования:

An emotional cripple

verb

Deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg

verb

Run or travel somewhere in a great hurry.

Примеры использования:

I dashed into the garden

exclamation

Used to express mild annoyance.

Примеры использования:

Dash it all, i am in charge

noun

An act of running somewhere suddenly and hastily.

Примеры использования:

She made a dash for the door

verb

Win a victory over (someone) in a battle or other contest; overcome or beat.

Примеры использования:

Garibaldi defeated the neapolitan army

noun

An instance of defeating or being defeated.

Примеры использования:

A 1–0 defeat by grimsby

verb

To oppose and cause someone to lose in a competition or war so that you can win

Примеры использования:

Bill clinton defeated george bush for the presidency in 1992., [ u ] in the american civil war, the…

verb

Cause (a train or tram) to leave its tracks accidentally.

Примеры использования:

A train was derailed after it collided with a herd of cattle

verb

To cause a train to run off the tracks

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Fig. renewed fighting threatens to derail the peace talks (= stop them from continuing).

verb

To stop something from succeeding

Примеры использования:

Investors are very concerned that a new crisis could derail the economic recovery., analysts identi…

verb

Fail to fulfil the hopes or expectations of.

Примеры использования:

I have no wish to disappoint everyone by postponing the visit

verb

To fail to satisfy someone’s hopes or expectations

Примеры использования:

I hate to disappoint you, but we don’t have the book you wanted.

verb

To fail to satisfy someone or their hopes, wishes, etc., or to make someone feel unhappy

Примеры использования:

I'm sorry to disappoint you, but i'm afraid i can't come after all., we don't want to disappoint th…

verb

Prevent (a plan or attempted action) from progressing, succeeding, or being fulfilled.

Примеры использования:

The rescue attempt was frustrated by bad weather

adjective

Frustrated.

Hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or desire

noun

A basket with a carrying handle and a hinged lid, used for food, cutlery, and plates on a picnic.

Примеры использования:

A picnic hamper

verb

Hinder or impede the movement or progress of.

Примеры использования:

Their work is hampered by lack of funds

noun

Necessary but cumbersome equipment on a ship.

Примеры использования:

The mass of the top hamper must be consciously balanced against the tremendous beam.

verb

Make it difficult for (someone) to do something or for (something) to happen.

Примеры использования:

Language barriers hindered communication between scientists

adjective

(especially of a bodily part) rear; hind.

Примеры использования:

The hinder end of its body

verb

To limit the ability of someone to do something, or to limit the development of something

Примеры использования:

A poor diet can hinder mental and physical growth., i don’t know if these changes are going to help…

verb

Delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder.

Примеры использования:

The sap causes swelling which can impede breathing

verb

To make it more difficult for something to happen or more difficult for someone to do something

Примеры использования:

Although he's shy, it certainly hasn't impeded his career in any way.

idiom

To stop something before it has an opportunity to develop

Примеры использования:

We have to nip these money problems in the bud before we get into real trouble.

verb

Block (an opening, path, road, etc.); be or get in the way of.

Примеры использования:

She was obstructing the entrance

verb

Disagree with and attempt to prevent, especially by argument.

Примеры использования:

A majority of the electorate opposed ec membership

verb

To disagree with something, often by speaking or fighting against it

Примеры использования:

The governor adamantly/vehemently opposes raising taxes., the opposing sides failed to reach agreem…

verb

To disagree with something or someone, and speak or take action against them

Примеры использования:

Most local residents opposed the building of the shopping mall., the proposed tax rise has been vig…

verb

Keep (something) from happening.

Примеры использования:

Action must be taken to prevent further accidents

verb

To stop something from happening or someone from doing something

Примеры использования:

The police tried to prevent him from leaving., can this type of accident be prevented?, fortunately…

verb

Decisively put an end to.

Примеры использования:

A spokesman has scotched the rumours

noun

A wedge placed under a wheel or other rolling object to prevent it moving or slipping.

noun

A cut or score in skin or another surface.

Примеры использования:

A scotch in his face

verb

Violently break (something) into pieces.

Примеры использования:

The thief smashed a window to get into the car

noun

An act or sound of something smashing.

Примеры использования:

He heard the smash of glass

adverb

With a sudden, violent shattering.

Примеры использования:

They were together for an instant, and then smash it was all gone

noun

A game played with cues on a billiard table in which the players use a cue ball (white) to pocket the other balls (fifteen red and six coloured) in a set order.

Примеры использования:

A snooker hall

verb

Subject (oneself or one's opponent) to a snooker.

Примеры использования:

He potted yellow and green, and then snookered davis on the brown

noun

A game played, especially in the uk, by two people in which cues (= long, thin poles) and a cue ball are used to hit 15 red balls and six balls of different colours into six holes around a table covered in soft cloth in a fixed order

Примеры использования:

Stevens conceded after failing to escape from a series of snookers., he potted a long yellow ball t…

verb

(of an event, action, or process) come to an end; cease to happen.

Примеры использования:

His laughter stopped as quickly as it had begun

noun

A cessation of movement or operation.

Примеры использования:

All business came to a stop

verb

Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense

verb

Prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.

Примеры использования:

He never did anything to thwart his father

noun

A structural crosspiece forming a seat for a rower in a boat.

Примеры использования:

Her hull is painted white with blue trim on the thwarts.

preposition

From one side to another side of (an area); across.

Примеры использования:

A pink-tinged cloud spread thwart the shore