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。
• Well, that's scuppered any hopes of a settlement.
  咳，这使和解的希望成了泡影。
• 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。
• India scuppered the latest attempt to reinvigorate the WTO.
  印度破坏了重振WTO的最新努力。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Before the deal was scuppered by regulators, he said that, without T-Mobile, Sprint lacked the scale for anything but a pseudo fight.
  在监管机构否决这项并购交易之前，孙正义曾表示，如果没有T-Mobile，Sprint只能打一场伪战斗。