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

• 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。
• India scuppered the latest attempt to reinvigorate the WTO.
  印度破坏了重振WTO的最新努力。
• 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。
• He scuppered our plans by not giving us his support.
  他不给予我们支持，因而破坏了我们的计划。
• Any sponsorship deal would be scuppered if Jones misses the Olympics.
  如果琼斯不能参加奥运会，赞助商的所有赞助协议都会化成泡影。
• Accept more, and your plan is scuppered.
  多拿了，你的计划就泡汤了。
• He refuses, however, to own up to known imports of equipment for enriching uranium ( another potential route to a bomb) that scuppered the very first Yongbyon deal.
  然而，他拒绝承认自己知道铀浓缩（制造核弹的另一个潜在途径）设备进口的事情，这就使宁边协议一开始就完蛋了。
• A deal at the summit could also be scuppered by smaller developing countries, which have been obstructionist according to some negotiators.
  较小的发展中国家也可能令本次峰会的协议泡汤。一些谈判代表表示，这些国家在扮演蓄意阻挠者的角色。
• 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。
• Arriving late for the interview scuppered my chances of getting the job.
  面试迟到使我失去了获得这个工作的机会。