与某物纠缠或发生冲突：指与某人或某事发生冲突或产生纠纷。
go against, as of rules and laws
同义词： conflict / infringe / contravene
All of them had run afoul of the law at some time or other.
他们都曾经犯过法。
A great sailor, until he run afoul of that which vex all men.
一个很棒的水手，直到他碰上了一个让任何男人都苦恼的东西。
Must have run afoul of the reef. - So, what's your plan, then?
她一定搁浅在礁岩上你有什么计划？
For individual stocks, it's a simple affair not to run afoul of the wash sale rule.
It seems MDR had run afoul of the agency for a myriad of reasons.
It is easy for a new, well-intentioned manager to inadvertently run afoul of the hard-wired human brain.
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