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
- This paper studied the design of scupper spacing of deck in vertical curve with the basic principle of hydraulic and hydrologic compute.
利用水力水文计算基本原理，研究了竖曲线内桥面泄水孔间距。 - Deck scupper ipes and sanitary discharge
甲板排水及卫生水放泄系统 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Officials from multilateral lending institutions have been tight-lipped about the consequences but warn privately that, should the deal result in the state contracting fresh debt, it could scupper the write-off.
多边贷款机构的官员对于后果一直保持缄默，但曾私下警告称，如果与中国的交易导致刚果（金）债务增加，有可能使免债协议泡汤。 - 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。