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

• Deck scupper ipes and sanitary discharge
  甲板排水及卫生水放泄系统
• 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。
• The proposed bid, which could herald a major consolidation of the Chinese airline sector, is the latest step in an unusually aggressive battle by state-owned CNAC to scupper CEA's planned tie-up with Singapore Airlines which has already been approved by China's State Council.
  上述竞购提议是国有的中航集团异常大胆的竞购战的最新一步，旨在破坏已得到中国国务院批准的东航与新航结盟计划。此次竞购可能拉开中国航空业重大整合的帷幕。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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'。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。