foist
v.tr.(及物动词)foist.ed,foist.ing,foists To pass off as genuine, valuable, or worthy:蒙混:作为真品、有价值或值得珍藏的东西蒙混:例句:.I can usually tell whether a poet . . . is foisting off on us what he`d like to think is pure invention.(J.D. Salinger).我通常是能够区分出一个诗人…是否以他自以为完全是创新的文辞蒙混我们.(J.D.塞林杰)
To impose (something or someone unwanted) upon another by coercion or trickery:冒充:用威胁或欺骗把(不想要的东西或不受欢迎的人)强压给他人:例句:They had extra work foisted on them because they couldn`t say no to the boss.因为他们不能反抗老板,所以被迫做许多额外的工作
To insert fraudulently or deceitfully:偷偷插入:不诚实地或以欺骗的方式加入:例句:foisted unfair provisions into the contract.以欺骗方式在合同中加入不公平的条款
来源:Probably Dutch dialectal vuisten [to take in hand] 可能为 荷兰方言 vuisten [用手接] from Middle Dutch 源自 中古荷兰语 from vuist [fist] * see penk we 源自 vuist [拳头] *参见 penk we