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　

TEM8

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

• 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。
• The Scupper Pump failed in the afternoon.
  斯库珀水泵下午坏了。
• 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 vote will scupper the school's reorganization plans.
  投票表决将会使学校的重组计划失败。
• 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。
• 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。
• The United Nations has conceded that a deal in Copenhagen on climate change might not include promised financial aid for developing countries, an admission that will infuriate poorer nations and potentially scupper a broad-based agreement.
  联合国（UnitedNations）已承认，在哥本哈根达成的气候变化协议，可能不包括为发展中国家提供资助的承诺。这将激怒较贫穷国家，还可能令一项基础广泛的协议泡汤。
• 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。
• 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。
• Moreover, a potential crash in the red-hot Chinese stock markets might scupper the expansion plans of new ventures.
  此外，如果目前火热的中国股市暴跌，成立合资企业的扩张计划可能受阻。