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

• 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。
• A deal at the summit could also be scuppered by smaller developing countries, which have been obstructionist according to some negotiators.
  较小的发展中国家也可能令本次峰会的协议泡汤。一些谈判代表表示，这些国家在扮演蓄意阻挠者的角色。
• 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。
• 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。
• Accept more, and your plan is scuppered.
  多拿了，你的计划就泡汤了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。