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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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? - There are still a few issues to iron out which could scupper a deal but this [ sale] could be announced soon, said one person familiar with the matter.
目前仍有几个有碍交易的问题有待解决,但此项[交易]可能很快就会宣布,一位知情人士表示。 - Experts on Chinese competition law said Beijing had the power to use the laws to seek to force changes or impose penalties that could scupper the tie-up.
中国竞争法专家表示,北京有权利用反垄断法,来试图强制实施有可能破坏合作的变更或处罚。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Yet Levett points out that the new, more stringent attitude to provenance may scupper some sales, but has also made safer parts of the market more buoyant.
不过,莱韦特指出,近来对于古董来源更加严格的态度或许会让一些交易告吹,但也令来源有保障的古董市场变得更加活跃。 - Alas, China's powerful commerce ministry can't use tough anti-merger laws to scupper the deal because it has been structured as a production joint venture.
不过,中国实权在握的商务部无法利用严格的反合并法律来破坏此项交易,因为它在结构上被设计成一家合资生产企业。