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　

TEM8

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

• 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。
• 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。
• The loss of Ukraine to the west in any form would scupper that, and more.
  以任何形式将乌克兰输给西方，都将破坏这一愿景。
• The scupper and outlet pipes are made of steel.
  排水口和排水管的材料为钢质。
• 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。
• 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。
• These are just the sorts of problems that would be expected to scupper a half-convertible currency.
  可想而知，上述种种问题都会阻碍一种半可兑换货币的发展。
• 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。
• Officials from multilateral lending institutions have been tight-lipped about the consequences but warn privately that, should the deal result in the state contracting fresh debt, it could scupper the write-off.
  多边贷款机构的官员对于后果一直保持缄默，但曾私下警告称，如果与中国的交易导致刚果（金）债务增加，有可能使免债协议泡汤。
• 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。