be foiled

基本解释

Even the best ones can be foiled, though, by a sufficiently willful programmer committed to ignoring basic principles of memory management.
但是，即使最优秀的编程人员也可能会被忽略内存管理基本原则的非常任性的编程人员搅乱。
You can trust Him to baffle no plan which is not best to be foiled, and to carry out every one which is for God's glory and your highest good.
你可以信托祂──如果不是应当挫折的计划，祂绝不会去挫折；祂所做的每一件事情，都是为著上帝的荣耀和你的幸福。
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If you are intended to boost smart staff’s morale by awarding him with positions with superior titles or promotion, you will probably be foiled.
如果你想用职位头衔和升迁来激励聪明员工，你多半会碰一鼻子灰。

CCDs are much more efficient at imaging very faint objects and are far less likely to be foiled by Earth-based light.
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