scuppering

scuppering

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
• 网络排水管；泄水孔；使处于危难之中

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

Likewise, Mr Christie refused to pay New Jersey's (small) share of the cost of a new rail tunnel to New York, scuppering the scheme.

与此类似，克里斯蒂也拒绝支付纽约隧道中新泽西州应付的（小）部分资金，此项目已经流产。

Even a few years away from your connections can mean they go cold, scuppering your chance of promotion.

甚至你远离这些关系仅几年而已，它们就会变得冷淡，你也就失去了升职的机会。

Criminal files often disappear from court, scuppering the trial, on payment of a bribe.

犯罪档案在行贿之后经常从法院消失，迫使审判中断。

More recently South Africa's foreign minister has accused France of scuppering the AU's Libyan peacemaking efforts.

最近南非外交官也谴责法国组织非盟落实其在利比亚的和平进程。

Their attacks have ranged from charging each other with over-stating earnings to scuppering India's economic reforms.

他们的攻击包括指责对方夸大收入和阻碍印度经济改革等。

Pakistan has to make more effort to stop a terror group scuppering talks for a second time;

巴基斯坦必须做出更大的努力以免恐怖组织再次破坏谈判；