scuppering

scuppering

美 [?sk?p?r] 　英 [?sk?p?(r)]

  • n.【航】(甲板的)排水孔；(屋頂等的)排水口；泄水口；水溝
  • v.殺死；使(船)沉沒；〈英俚〉(用襲擊辦法)殺傷
  • 網絡排水管；泄水孔；使處于危難之中

詞形變化

第三人稱單數：scuppers  現在分詞：scuppering  過去式：scuppered  

同義詞

英漢解釋

n.
1.
【航】(甲板的)排水孔;(屋頂等的)排水口;泄水口;水溝
v.
1.
〈英俚〉(用襲擊辦法)殺傷;殺死,擊潰
2.
使(船)沉沒

英英解釋

v.

例句

Likewise, Mr Christie refused to pay New Jersey's (small) share of the cost of a new rail tunnel to New York, scuppering the scheme.

與此類似，克里斯蒂也拒絕支付紐約隧道中新澤西州應付的（小）部分資金，此項目已經流產。

Even a few years away from your connections can mean they go cold, scuppering your chance of promotion.

甚至你遠離這些關系僅幾年而已，它們就會變得冷淡，你也就失去了升職的機會。

Criminal files often disappear from court, scuppering the trial, on payment of a bribe.

犯罪檔案在行賄之后經常從法院消失，迫使審判中斷。

More recently South Africa's foreign minister has accused France of scuppering the AU's Libyan peacemaking efforts.

最近南非外交官也譴責法國組織非盟落實其在利比亞的和平進程。

Their attacks have ranged from charging each other with over-stating earnings to scuppering India's economic reforms.

他們的攻擊包括指責對方夸大收入和阻礙印度經濟改革等。

Pakistan has to make more effort to stop a terror group scuppering talks for a second time;

巴基斯坦必須做出更大的努力以免恐怖組織再次破壞談判；

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