afoul 英 [əˈfaʊl] 　 美 [əˈfaʊl]

afoul

afoul　 英 [əˈfaʊl] 美 [əˈfaʊl]

adv. 冲撞着，纠缠着　 adj. 纠缠的，冲撞的　

名词复数:afouls　

This equivalency is at odds with a reality in which individuals can deduct donations to religious institutions without running afoul of the constitutional bar of government support of religion.　这样的等同性却与现实中个人可以减少对宗教机构的捐款，却并不违背宪法中所限制政府对宗教信仰的支持是背道而驰的。
Justice Department officials investigating the possibility that Assange violated the Espionage Act worry that the law runs afoul of the First Amendment.　司法部官员调查阿桑奇是否违反反间谍法安案，又担心这部法律与宪法第一修正案相冲突。

  • If something goes afoul, it goes badly wrong. When a prank falls afoul of the law, it crosses the line from just a joke to something much more serious.
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  • adv. 冲撞着，纠缠着
  • adj. 纠缠的，冲撞的

  • 1. This equivalency is at odds with a reality in which individuals can deduct donations to religious institutions without running afoul of the constitutional bar of government support of religion.

    这样的等同性却与现实中个人可以减少对宗教机构的捐款，却并不违背宪法中所限制政府对宗教信仰的支持是背道而驰的。

  • 2. Justice Department officials investigating the possibility that Assange violated the Espionage Act worry that the law runs afoul of the First Amendment.

    司法部官员调查阿桑奇是否违反反间谍法安案，又担心这部法律与宪法第一修正案相冲突。

  • 3. He fell afoul with the pagans in Armenia where he was martyred.

    在与亚美尼亚的异教徒冲突中，他以身殉教。

  • afoul (adv.) 1809, originally nautical, "in a state of collision or entanglement," from a- (1) + foul (adj.). From 1833 in general sense of "in violent or hostile conflict," mainly in phrases such as run afoul of.
afoul / əˈfaʊl ; NAmE əˈfaʊl / adverb ( NAmE) IDIOM run aˈfoul of sth to do sth that is not allowed by a law or rule, or to do sth that people in authority disapprove of （与法律、规章、当权者等）相抵触，有冲突 ◆ to run afoul of the law 违犯法律 afoul / əˈfaʊl ; NAmE əˈfaʊl /
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