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

• Because of the SARS outbreak in mid-2003, Mr Lo was left facing a logistical nightmare, including travel restrictions that almost scuppered his negotiations with the Beijing regulators.
  由于2003年年中非典（sars）爆发，罗德城曾面临后勤方面的难题，其中就包括旅行方面的限制，几乎让他无法与北京监管机构进行商谈。
• 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。
• 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。
• Hernan Crespo has admitted he is worried that Kakha kaladze's failure to seal a move to Chelsea could have scuppered his own chances of moving in the opposite direction to milan.
  克雷斯波承认他担心切尔西关于卡拉泽的谈判破裂使他丧失下赛季去米兰的机会。
• He scuppered his own ship rather than be caught.
  他宁可让船沉没而不愿被俘。
• Negotiations between Fiorentina and Liverpool had progressed well, but questions over the player's wage demands have scuppered the deal, and the Italians have pulled out.
  虽然佛罗伦萨和利物浦间的谈判进展顺利，但是球员对于工资的要求破坏了这桩转会，意大利人已经退出谈判。
• 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。
• The scuppered talks indicate that, rather than being the new buyers of last resort in the consumer sector, emerging markets groups are still learning to navigate international mergers and acquisitions processes.
  这些破裂的谈判表明，新兴市场集团与其说是消费行业最后的购买人，不如说是仍在学习如何进行国际并购。
• 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。
• 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。