scuppered

英 [ˈskʌpəd]

美 [ˈskʌpərd]

v.  使泡汤; 使成泡影
scupper的过去分词和过去式

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。

双语例句

• India scuppered the latest attempt to reinvigorate the WTO.
  印度破坏了重振WTO的最新努力。
• Hernan Crespo has admitted he is worried that Kakha kaladze's failure to seal a move to Chelsea could have scuppered his own chances of moving in the opposite direction to milan.
  克雷斯波承认他担心切尔西关于卡拉泽的谈判破裂使他丧失下赛季去米兰的机会。
• Those two deals were scuppered by a combination of protectionist politics in the US and Chinese second thoughts, and the long-awaited follow-on wave of "aberrant buyer" acquisitions by Chinese purchasers largely failed to materialise.
  美国方面的保护主义政治和中国方面的再三思量，让这两笔交易最终流产，人们期待已久的、中国收购者随之而来的“反常买家”收购浪潮最终基本没有出现。
• But his reconciliation attempt could yet be scuppered by history.
  但是，他的和解努力仍可能因历史问题而落空。
• The scuppered talks indicate that, rather than being the new buyers of last resort in the consumer sector, emerging markets groups are still learning to navigate international mergers and acquisitions processes.
  这些破裂的谈判表明，新兴市场集团与其说是消费行业最后的购买人，不如说是仍在学习如何进行国际并购。
• The project was scuppered by lack of money.
  缺少足够的钱，手头拮据那个计画因缺钱而告吹。
• Government officials and company executives say it is the best way to keep AIG alive after its plans to raise capital through assets sales were scuppered by frozen credit markets, economic turmoil and a lack of bidders.
  政府官员及公司高管均表示，aig出售资产的计划因信贷市场冻结、经济动荡及缺乏竞标者而落空后，这是维持其生存的最佳途径。
• 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。
• Because of the SARS outbreak in mid-2003, Mr Lo was left facing a logistical nightmare, including travel restrictions that almost scuppered his negotiations with the Beijing regulators.
  由于2003年年中非典（sars）爆发，罗德城曾面临后勤方面的难题，其中就包括旅行方面的限制，几乎让他无法与北京监管机构进行商谈。
• Accept more, and your plan is scuppered.
  多拿了，你的计划就泡汤了。