foist

[USA]/fɔɪst/
[UK]/fɔɪst/
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Oversættelse

vt. at indsætte i hemmelighed; at blande ind; at bedrage; at sælge med magt; at sælge ved bedrageri; at udnytte nogen.
Word Forms
Present Participlefoisting
Past Tensefoisted
Pluralfoists
Past Participlefoisted
Third Person Singularfoists

Udtryk & Fast Sammenstilling

foist upon

tvinge på

try to foist

forsøge at tvinge på

Eksempelsætninger

foisted unfair provisions into the contract.

tvang urimelige bestemmelser ind i kontrakten.

I wouldn't dream of foisting myself on you.

Jeg ville aldrig drømme om at påtvinge mig selv dig.

beers are foisted on a public unaware of their inferior ingredients.

øl påtvinges en offentlighed, der er uvidende om deres ringe ingredienser.

he attempted to foist a new minister into the conference.

han forsøgte at påtvinge en ny minister konferencen.

He foisted himself on them for the weekend.

Han påtvang sig selv dem i weekenden.

They had extra work foisted on them because they couldn't say no to the boss.

De fik ekstra arbejde påtvinget dem, fordi de ikke kunne sige nej til chefen.

He doesn’t try to foist his beliefs on everyone.

Han forsøger ikke at påtvinge sine overbevisninger på alle.

The author discovered that the translator had foisted several passages into his book.

Forfatteren opdagede, at oversætteren havde påtvinget flere passager i hans bog.

"They didn't invite John to go out with them, but he foisted himself on them."

«De inviterede ikke John til at gå ud med dem, men han påtvang sig selv dem.»

She resented having the child foisted on her while the parents went travelling abroad.

Hun var utilfreds med at skulle tage barnet, mens forældrene rejste udlandet.

Virkelige Eksempler

Given that I foisted this on you at the last minute, you did very well.”

Kilde: Fifty Shades of Grey (Audiobook Excerpt)

Political analyst Khalid Ali says the U.S. foisted the deal on Sudan's fragile transitional government.

Kilde: NPR News October 2020 Collection

" If you think she is to be foisted off on me, you are greatly mistaken, " Miss Minchin gasped.

Kilde: The Little Princess (Original Version)

It's transformation with science and design as opposed to transformation brought on or foisted on us by rapid tech change.

Kilde: TED Talks (Video Edition) February 2021 Collection

They then attempt to foist their hypocrisy upon the rest of us by asking us to ban works dealing with the truths they deny.

Kilde: The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling

We've tried to foist copyright, DMCA, DRM and watermarks onto the internet to protect our ideas and to restrain their distribution.

Kilde: TED Talks (Audio Version) October 2021 Collection

She berated the court when, in 2014, it let employers foist their religious beliefs on their workers by not paying for cover for contraception.

Kilde: The Economist (Summary)

In fact, when those same people reported how they felt about similar sounding words like hoist and foist they didn't have the same negative reaction.

Kilde: Perspective Encyclopedia of Technology

Artificial needs and desires are being foisted upon us and, because of the employment of evermore sophisticated techniques, we are beginning to believe that they are natural and immutable.

Kilde: Recite for the King Volume 4 (All 60 lessons)

The name was never to Schulz's taste: foisted on him by his publisher, it apparently derived from " peanut gallery" , slang for the cheapest seats in a vaudeville theatre.

Kilde: The Economist Culture

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