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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The80-minute ceremony may have scuppered their chances of running a new personal best time, but the couple emerged beaming to a shower of confetti and cheers from guests and well-wishers.
  整场婚礼进行了80分钟，耽误的时间使他们没法取得比赛佳绩，但是伴着飘舞的五彩纸屑，还有宾客和祝福者的欢呼声，夫妻二人笑逐颜开，喜气洋洋。
• 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。