scupper
英 [ˈskʌpə(r)]
美 [ˈskʌpər]
v. 使泡汤; 使成泡影
n. [航]甲板上的排水孔; 排水口; 出水口; 水性杨花的女人; 水沟
过去分词:scuppered 过去式:scuppered 现在分词:scuppering 第三人称单数:scuppers
Collins.1 / BNC.22478 / COCA.41264
牛津词典
verb
- 使泡汤;使成泡影
to cause sb/sth to fail- The residents' protests scuppered his plans for developing the land.
居民的抗议使他开发这片土地的计划泡了汤。
- The residents' protests scuppered his plans for developing the land.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 彻底破坏(计划、企图);使成泡影
Toscuppera plan or attempt means to spoil it completely.- If Schneider had seen him that would have scuppered all his plans...
如果施奈德看到了他,那他的所有计划都泡汤了。 - If the Commission has its way, the entire deal will be scuppered.
如果委员会我行我素的话,整个交易将化为泡影。
- If Schneider had seen him that would have scuppered all his plans...
英英释义
noun
- drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard
verb
- put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
- wait in hiding to attack
双语例句
- Some think this amounts to a "wrecking strategy" to scupper a pooling of risk and responsibility Berlin does not really want.
一些人认为,这不啻一种“破坏战略”,意在阻挠风险和责任共担安排的形成,因为这种安排并不是德国想要的。 - They worry it could be used to scupper merger and acquisition deals.
他们担心,《反垄断法》可能被用于阻挠并购交易。 - These are just the sorts of problems that would be expected to scupper a half-convertible currency.
可想而知,上述种种问题都会阻碍一种半可兑换货币的发展。 - Run off pipes to be connected temporarily for out board scupper ( 10 pcs in total) during time of painting.
油漆时,舷侧出水孔(共10处)接临时疏水管。 - The vote will scupper the school's reorganization plans.
投票表决将会使学校的重组计划失败。 - Some had thought the Saudi controversy would scupper the deal, though it passed without trouble.
有人曾担心有关沙特交易的争论可能会破坏此次收购,但最终却顺利完成了。 - If Schneider had seen him that would have scuppered all his plans
如果施奈德看到了他,那他的所有计划都泡汤了。 - Could rising shipping costs scupper China's export boom?
上涨的船运成本有没有影响中国繁荣的出口贸易呢? - He notes that it can be common for vendors at the upper echelons of the housing market to become jealous if they think the person buying the house is richer than them. Tensions around these issues can scupper a sale.
他说,在房地产市场中,高档住宅卖家若是感觉买主比自己富有,通常会很妒忌,而对这些事折腾计较就会把买卖搅黄。 - You are going to have people in the US Congress saying, OK, Latin America can have its organisation so let's scupper the OAS ', he said.
他表示:美国国会肯定会有人说,好,拉美可以有它的组织,那就让我们解散美洲国家组织吧'。
