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
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He notes that it can be common for vendors at the upper echelons of the housing market to become jealous if they think the person buying the house is richer than them. Tensions around these issues can scupper a sale.
  他说，在房地产市场中，高档住宅卖家若是感觉买主比自己富有，通常会很妒忌，而对这些事折腾计较就会把买卖搅黄。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The scupper and outlet pipes are made of steel.
  排水口和排水管的材料为钢质。