| 单词 | foul (something) up |
| 释义 | foul-up noun[C] UKinformaluk/ˈfaʊl.ʌp/us/ˈfaʊl.ʌp/anoccasionwhen something isspoiledby astupidmistake: Thisinvestigationhas beenmismanagedrightfrom thestart- I've neverseensuch a foul-up. Synonyms bloomer blunder botch pratfall Compare blooper(MISTAKE) Faults and mistakes
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Failures foul up (something)| American Dictionaryfoul-up noun[C] infmlus/fɑʊl ˌʌp/abigorstupidmistakethatupsetspeople: I do notallowany foul-ups in thiscompany. Examplesoffoul (something) upfoul (something) up That belief led to thefoul-upand disaster when we last restructured local government. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Definite benefits will accrue to a political party that admits that it has made a completefoul-upand has changed its policy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Pressing the path of politics too strongly has caused the presentfoul-up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There must have been afoul-upsomewhere. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Who is responsible for thefoul-up? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The word blooper was not allowed to be uttered, with the termfoul-upsubstituted where applicable. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Snapper becomes separated from the others and afoul-upwith his powers temporarily drives him insane. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.I am sure that he agrees that we do not want any more traditional computer foul-ups. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that we shall not see in future the procurement foul-ups that we have seen in the past. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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