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
- The world oil glut combined with disastrous federal energy policies to scupper Alberta's economy ( Christian Science Monitor)
世界石油过剩再加上具有破坏性的联合能源政策使阿尔伯达的经济遭受破坏(基督教科学箴言报) - 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 scupper and outlet pipes are made of steel.
排水口和排水管的材料为钢质。 - 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。 - The Scupper Pump failed in the afternoon.
斯库珀水泵下午坏了。 - 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。 - The loss of Ukraine to the west in any form would scupper that, and more.
以任何形式将乌克兰输给西方,都将破坏这一愿景。 - Deck scupper ipes and sanitary discharge
甲板排水及卫生水放泄系统 - 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'。 - A senior Chinese official yesterday attacked the planned iron ore joint venture between Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, raising expectations that Beijing may use its antitrust law to try to scupper the monopolistic deal.
一位中国高级官员昨日抨击力拓(RioTinto)与必和必拓(BHPBilliton)成立铁矿石合资企业的计划。此举使人更加相信,北京可能会利用反垄断法来设法破坏这宗垄断交易。