foist
                
          英 [f??st]
美 [f??st]
        
                
          
            - vt. 偷偷插入;混入;蒙騙;硬賣給;采用欺騙手段出售;把…強(qiáng)加于
 
        
                
                助記提示
        
        1. fist => foist.
2. => "take in hand".
3. which originally denoted the dishonest concealing of a dice in one's hand.
                中文詞源
        
        foist 強(qiáng)加來自fist, 拳頭。其原義為欺騙,來自骰子賭博出老千,手中藏骰子。強(qiáng)加義可能來自拳頭。
 
                英文詞源
        
        - foist
- foist: see fist
 
- foist (v.)
- 1540s, probably from Dutch vuisten "take in hand," from Middle Dutch vuist "fist" (see fist (n.)). Earliest sense was cheating at dice by concealing a loaded one in the palm of the hand with the intention of introducing it into play; general meaning "introduce surreptitiously, work in by a trick" is from 1560s. Related: Foisted; foisting.
雙語例句
        
        - 1. He doesn't try to foist his beliefs on everyone. 
- 他不會勉強(qiáng)每個人接受他的信念.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
 
- 2. He tried to foist some inferior goods ( off ) on me. 
- 他企圖把一些劣質(zhì)貨強(qiáng)售給我.
來自辭典例句
 
- 3. He's religious but he doesn't try to foist his beliefs on everyone. 
- 他是教徒,但他不想把自己的信仰強(qiáng)加于人.
來自辭典例句
 
- 4. Translators should not foist their own opinions into the original book. 
- 譯者不應(yīng)把自己的意見偷偷地插入原著中.
來自辭典例句
 
- 5. The left have tried to foist on her the image of a limited suburban reactionary. 
- 左派人士曾經(jīng)試圖把一個目光短淺,見識不廣的反動分子的形象強(qiáng)加在她身上.
來自辭典例句