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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Government officials and company executives say it is the best way to keep AIG alive after its plans to raise capital through assets sales were scuppered by frozen credit markets, economic turmoil and a lack of bidders.
  政府官员及公司高管均表示，aig出售资产的计划因信贷市场冻结、经济动荡及缺乏竞标者而落空后，这是维持其生存的最佳途径。
• 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。
• Smaller deals also have the benefit of not attracting the attention of Chinese regulatory authorities, which have in the past scuppered larger investments.
  交易规模较小还有不会引起中国监管机构注意的好处，这些机构过去曾阻挡了一些较大规模的投资。
• 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。
• The whole hospital project will be scuppered if we can't find more money.
  如果我们筹不到更多的钱，那么整个医院计划将被取消。