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 Scupper Pump failed in the afternoon.
斯库珀水泵下午坏了。 - 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'。 - 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 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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? - Deck scupper ipes and sanitary discharge
甲板排水及卫生水放泄系统 - 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。