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foiln. ' repulse, defeat, miscarriage 败退，失败，失策。
△1H .VI.3.3.11:“One sudden foil shall never brced distrust.”一次偶然失败绝不会产生不信任的。
△1H.VI.5.3.22:“Then take my soul-my body,soul,and all,/Before that England give the French the foil.”那么，把我的灵魂拿去吧——身体、灵魂、一切，都拿去吧，千万不要让英国把法国打败。
foiln. 2 blunt sword in fencing exercise (练习击剑 用的)钝剑。
△Ado.5.2.13: “And yours as blunt as thefencer’s foils,which hit,but hurt not.”你的口才却像练剑用的钝剑，可以击中，但伤不了人。
△Ham.2.2.342 (320):“the adventurous knight shall use his foil and target，”冒险的骑士可以舞他的钝头剑，使他的小盾牌。
△Ham.5.2.182 (175):“Let the foils be brought，”叫他们把比赛用的钝剑拿来吧。
△H.V.4.Cho.50: “With four or fivemost vile and ragged foils”，用四五把破旧不堪的钝剑舞弄一番。
foiln. 3 (term from jewellery) thin sheet of metalplaced behind a jewel to set it off,setting of a jewel（为宝石用做衬底的）衬箔，衬托。
△ Ham.5.2.269 (255):“I’ll be your foil,Laertes；” 我是你的陪衬，莱阿提斯。
△1H .IV.1.2.235 (213): “My reformation,glitteringo’er my fault,/ Shall show more goodly and attractmore eyes / Than that which hath no foil to set itoff.”我的改过自新，被往日的过错衬托得光辉夺目，就要显得格外美好，比毫无衬托的事情就要格外引人刮目相看。
△R.III.5.3.251 (250):“A base foul stone,made precious by thefoil / Of England’s chair,where he is falsely set；”i.e. England is the foil,or setting,which helplesslygives value to the otherwise worthless stone that isRichard.一块低劣、无价值的石头，靠着他非法坐上的英国王位的衬托，才显得珍贵。
foilvt. defeat,baffle,overcome,overthrow 打败，挫败，战胜，打倒。
△As.1.1. 137(129):“and for your love Iwould be loath to foil him，” i. e. I should hesitate todefeat him.看在您的面上，我本不愿把他打败（使他受伤）
△As.1.2.201 (187):“wherein if I be foiled.”如果我在比赛中被打败了。
△As.2.2.13: “the wrestler / Thatdid but lately foil the sinewy Charles，” 那个最近打败了强有力的查尔斯的摔跤者。
△3H.VI.5.4.41: “Infuse hisbreast with magnanimity,/ And make him,naked,foil a man-at-arms.”在他心里激励起崇高的勇气来，并且使他能赤手空拳打败一个全身武装的战士。 foil(1)[fɔil]n. 花剑
‖ foil blade 花剑剑身
foil fencer 花剑运动员
foil fencing 花剑比赛，花剑剑术
foil guard花剑护手盘
foilsman n. 花剑运动员
foil(2)[fɔil]n.挫败，箔片/ v.阻止，挡开，挫败，贴箔于
◇ be foiled in 失败
foil the policy of aggression挫败侵略政策
foil(3)[fɔil]n. 陪衬演员，配角演员，衬托，叶形饰 v.衬托，当陪衬，作配角
‖ foiling n. 叶形饰 |