scuppered

scuppered

美 [ˈskʌpər] 　英 [ˈskʌpə(r)]

• n.【航】(甲板的)排水孔；(屋顶等的)排水口；泄水口；水沟
• v.杀死；使(船)沉没；〈英俚〉(用袭击办法)杀伤
• 网络告吹；独家金色

词形变化

第三人称单数：scuppers  现在分词：scuppering  过去式：scuppered  

同义词

英汉解释

n.	1. 【航】(甲板的)排水孔;(屋顶等的)排水口;泄水口;水沟
v.	1. 〈英俚〉(用袭击办法)杀伤;杀死,击溃 2. 使(船)沉没

英英解释

v.	1. to make a ship sink by deliberately letting water in 2. to spoil someone’s plans or hopes of success

例句

A bold attempt to reform immigration laws the following year was scuppered by an extraordinary outburst of popular anger.

由于惊人民愤的爆发，2007年一次移民法律改革的大胆尝试最后也无疾而终。

Tom Hicks has allegedly scuppered at least two 'perfect fit' offers for Liverpool, because of his unreasonable asking price.

希SB让至少两个购买的“完美”出价希望落空，这完全是因为他毫无理由的漫天要价。

Its opposition, together with an outcry against further concentration of the Brazilian retail market, scuppered the deal.

交易失败一方面是出于卡西诺的抵制，另一方面则是因为巴西国内反对零售业进一步集中化的呼声越来越高。

Ms Sarobi says she was scuppered by conservative cabinet colleagues, who even blocked a decree condemning forced marriage.

萨洛比表示她在任上时时受到保守的内阁同僚制肘，甚至连规定强制婚姻为违法行为的法令都被他们挡下。

However, Birmingham released a statement on Monday which indicated the player's excessive wage demands had scuppered any hopes of a deal.

但是，伯明翰伯明翰周一发表的一项声明说，基恩过高的工资要求使得这项转会计划泡汤。

Mr Bush almost scuppered the whole project when he nominated a lightweight family retainer, Harriet Miers, to fill Ms O'Connor's seat.

布什先生因提名其白宫随扈哈里特•迈尔斯（HarrietMiers）继任奥康纳的席位而几乎破坏了整个计划。

But this was scuppered by generous new benefits for workers and lax payments to the funds themselves.

但一方面由于新的工人福利的慷慨政策，另一方面又未严格拨款至养老金基金，致使这一计划告吹。

Its own attempted takeover of Unocal, a Californian oil firm, in 2005 was scuppered by American concerns about ceding ownership to China.

中国公司在2005年对加利福尼亚石油公司Unocal的收购也被阻止，原因就是美国对向中国转让所有权有所担心。

A popular petition scuppered plans for a national road-pricing scheme.

一项受欢迎申请书破坏了全国道路定价方案的计划。

George W. Bush's first administration wantonly scuppered Bill Clinton's imperfect, but workable, 1994 framework agreement.

乔治-布什（GeorgeW.Bush）的首届政府恣意废除了比尔-克林顿（BillClinton）虽不完美但切实可行的1994框架协议。

Bush's first administration wantonly scuppered Bill Clinton's imperfect, but workable, 1994 framework agreement.

的首届政府恣意废除了比尔•克林顿（BillClinton）虽不完美但切实可行的1994框架协议。

Mr Tevez's deal was scuppered in part by the closing of Brazil's domestic transfer window.

CarlosTevez的交易案部分因巴西关闭了国内转会交易的窗口而石沈大海。

The government came close to brokering a peace deal between Syria and Israel before the plan was scuppered by Israel's attack on Gaza.

和平协议被以色列在加沙的袭击化成了泡影前，土耳其政府差点儿代理了叙利亚和以色列之间的和平协议。

Liverpool's pursuit of Connor Wickham was scuppered by their failure to cut their own wage bill.

利物浦追逐康纳*维克汉姆的计划因其自身无法削减工资预算而最终失败。

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。

Such obstacles have scuppered previous attempts to revamp the second chamber.

这些障碍阻挡了以前对改造下议院的试图。

KKR originally planned a New York listing three years ago before the credit crunch scuppered the idea.

该公司原本计划三年前在纽交所上市，可后来信贷危机使得计划落空。

They scuppered enemy's attack once again.

他们又打退了敌人的进攻。

That deal was scuppered by the attack on Mumbai by the LeT in 2008 that killed 170 people.

这个协议遭到了LeT在2008年发起的170人遇害的孟买袭击的破坏。

The plan was scuppered.

计划泡汤了。

Only last year, China scuppered Japan's bid for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council.

就在去年，中国破坏了日本获得联合国安理会永久席位的申请。