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　

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Collins.1 / BNC.22478 / COCA.41264

牛津词典

verb

• 使泡汤；使成泡影
  to cause sb/sth to fail
  1. 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。

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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

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
  Synonym:queerexposeendangerperil
• wait in hiding to attack
  Synonym:ambushbushwhackwaylaylurkambuscadelie in wait

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• One way to ensure that they do not scupper the calculation is to encode the same information in several qubits instead of just one.
  要想保证误差不至使计算成为泡影，可以在几个不同的丘比特中编入相同的信息，而不是只用一个。
• The Scupper Pump failed in the afternoon.
  斯库珀水泵下午坏了。
• Deck scupper ipes and sanitary discharge
  甲板排水及卫生水放泄系统
• Based on the engineering geological conditions of the slip-mass on the left bank of Zhangfeng Reservoir, this paper puts forward the concrete design plan for the slip-mass scupper.
  根据张峰水库左岸塌滑体的工程地质条件等，给出了塌滑体排水洞的具体设计方案。
• 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）
• 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。
• 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'。
• Mourinho's comments will do nothing to resolve the ongoing row with Gallas which threatens to scupper talks about a new contract.
  莫里尼奥的这番讲话无助于解决与加拉仍然持续的争吵，而加拉威胁不会在新合同上签字。