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to foil

Character Composition


Characters

Pinyin

cuo4bai4 cuòbài

Meaning


Primary

to foil

Alternatives

foil, foils, foiled, foiling, to thwart, thwart, to frustrate, frustrate

Mnemonic


挫敗 To foil is to make something 敗 fail by doing something 挫 to frustrate its chances of success.

Usage


警方 挫敗 了 他 的 逃跑 計畫。

The police foiled his escape plan.

敵人 的 陰謀 被 挫敗 了。

The enemy's plot was foiled.

他 的 惡作劇 被 朋友 挫敗 了。

His prank was foiled by his friend.