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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The scupper and outlet pipes are made of steel.
  排水口和排水管的材料为钢质。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。