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

• 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 scuppered his own ship rather than be caught.
  他宁可让船沉没而不愿被俘。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Accept more, and your plan is scuppered.
  多拿了，你的计划就泡汤了。
• 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。
• 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。