Foil

 









foil



Y

1. 擊退

2. 箔,金屬薄片,陪襯物

3. (練劍術用的) 鈍頭劍,花劍,輕劍



D



–verb (used with object) 

1. to prevent the success of; frustrate; balk (馬突然止步不前): 



Loyal troops foiled his attempt to overthrow the government.  



2. to keep (a person) from succeeding in an enterprise, plan, etc.  

–noun 

3. Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.  



—Synonyms 

1. thwart; impede, hamper.





–noun 

1. metal in the form of very thin sheets: [aluminum] foil.  



2. the metallic backing applied to glass to form a mirror. 

3. a thin layer of metal placed under a gem (寶玉) in a closed setting to improve its color or brilliancy.  



4. a person or thing that makes another seem better by contrast: 



The [straight] man was an able foil to 

the [comic].  



5. Architecture. an arc or a rounded space between cusps, as in the tracery of a window or other ornamentation.  

tracery

(哥德式建築上窗子的) 花飾窗格,夾縫裝飾



6. an airfoil (機翼,螺旋槳) or hydrofoil. (水中翼)



–verb (used with object)

7. to cover or back with foil. 

8. to set off by contrast.  



—Synonyms 

4. contrast, complement, counterpart.





–noun Fencing. 

1. a flexible four-sided rapier (細長劍) having a blunt point. 

2. foils, the art or practice of fencing with this weapon, points being made by touching the trunk of the opponent's body with the tip of the weapon. 





　

Set against the backdrop of the Cold War, book revolves around two men — one American, one Soviet — who must cooperate in order to foil a [sinister] plot to topple the world’s governments. 





cusp foil

Tony



cumbersome

encumber

He was hailed as a visionary, fetishized by his fans, encumbered by [expectations]. 

cusp 

foil

Loyal troops foiled his [attempt] to overthrow the government.  

Stagnation