美国习惯用语-第866:foul play
时间：2018-12-01 作者：英语课 分类：美国习惯用语
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昨天去我姐姐家，看到我的小侄女噘着嘴不高兴。一问才知道她得重新考期中考。为什么呢？原来，他们班好多人在最近的考试中都得了好成绩，老师怀疑有人漏题，所以全部人都要重考。这让我想到一个习惯用语。那就是: foul 1-play.
Foul play这个短语的意思是"不正当的行为，严重犯规"。就像上面提到的情况，老师认为不可能所有人成绩都这么好，所以怀疑有人舞弊。She suspected foul play. 在下面的例子里，一名公司主管谈到他看到办公室一团混乱之后的反应。我们一起来听一听。
例句-1：When I got back to my office, my papers were scattered 2. I found my file cabinet had been opened and my computer turned off. My first thought was that it was a case of foul-play. But, it turned out to be rather innocent; just my colleague's kids playing around without any supervision 3.
这段话是说: 当我回到办公室的时候，桌上的纸撒了一地。我发现我的档案柜被打开，电脑也被关了。我第一反应是有人闯进了办公室。但后来我发现这只是虚惊一场，是我同事的孩子在没有大人看管的情况下，在我办公室里玩着。
大家可能已经注意到了，foul play也经常被用在犯罪行为上，意思就是非法的暴力行径。我的一个朋友就跟我讲过，去年圣诞节他们整个社区都遭到了一场洗劫。She discovered that thieves had broken in, and other neighbors had reported similar incidences of foul-play. 她发现小偷破门而入，其他邻居也有类似遭遇。
所以说，居住的社区真的很重要呢！
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上面提到，foul play经常被用在犯罪行为上。下面的例子就提到了这样一起犯罪，让我们一起去一探究竟。
例句-2：Police discovered the woman's body in the river. Her husband claimed she had accidentally fallen out of a canoe. Soon enough, it was determined 4 that foul-play was involved. She had been struck on the head with a rock and left to die. The husband murdered her and intended to collect an expensive insurance policy!
这段话是说：警方在河里发现一具女尸。死者丈夫说，她是不小心从独木舟掉到河里去的。但是不久后，警方发现这其中其实参杂了非法行为。死者的头部是被石块击中，然后流血而死。她的丈夫谋杀了她，是为了一大笔保险费!
太可怕了！不过到最后，这个丈夫肯定也被绳之以法了。这就像英语里一句俗语说的，Crime doesn't pay. 意思就是犯罪得不偿失。
1 foul
adj.污秽的；邪恶的；v.弄脏；妨害；犯规；n.犯规
- Take off those foul clothes and let me wash them.脱下那些脏衣服让我洗一洗。
- What a foul day it is!多么恶劣的天气！
2 scattered
adj.分散的，稀疏的；散步的；疏疏落落的
- Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。
3 supervision
n.监督，管理
- The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
- The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。
4 determined
adj.坚定的；有决心的
- I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
- He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
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