scupper

verb

1. 使泡汤；使成泡影
   to cause sb/sth to fail
   1. The residents' protests scuppered his plans for developing the land.
      居民的抗议使他开发这片土地的计划泡了汤。

1. VERB 彻底破坏(计划、企图);使成泡影
   To scupper a 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。

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。
3. Deck scupper ipes and sanitary discharge
   甲板排水及卫生水放泄系统
4. There are still a few issues to iron out which could scupper a deal but this [ sale] could be announced soon, said one person familiar with the matter.
   目前仍有几个有碍交易的问题有待解决，但此项[交易]可能很快就会宣布，一位知情人士表示。
5. Encouraging stuff, though some fret that any hiccup in equity markets could scupper these plans.
   这些都是振奋人心的消息，然而一些人担心，如果股票市场稍有下跌，这些计划将付之东流。
6. The scupper and outlet pipes are made of steel.
   排水口和排水管的材料为钢质。
7. Some think this amounts to a "wrecking strategy" to scupper a pooling of risk and responsibility Berlin does not really want.
   一些人认为，这不啻一种“破坏战略”，意在阻挠风险和责任共担安排的形成，因为这种安排并不是德国想要的。
8. One way to ensure that they do not scupper the calculation is to encode the same information in several qubits instead of just one.
   要想保证误差不至使计算成为泡影，可以在几个不同的丘比特中编入相同的信息，而不是只用一个。
9. The loss of Ukraine to the west in any form would scupper that, and more.
   以任何形式将乌克兰输给西方，都将破坏这一愿景。
10. You are going to have people in the US Congress saying, OK, Latin America can have its organisation so let's scupper the OAS ', he said.
    他表示：美国国会肯定会有人说，好，拉美可以有它的组织，那就让我们解散美洲国家组织吧'。
11. The United Nations has conceded that a deal in Copenhagen on climate change might not include promised financial aid for developing countries, an admission that will infuriate poorer nations and potentially scupper a broad-based agreement.
    联合国（UnitedNations）已承认，在哥本哈根达成的气候变化协议，可能不包括为发展中国家提供资助的承诺。这将激怒较贫穷国家，还可能令一项基础广泛的协议泡汤。
12. Mourinho's comments will do nothing to resolve the ongoing row with Gallas which threatens to scupper talks about a new contract.
    莫里尼奥的这番讲话无助于解决与加拉仍然持续的争吵，而加拉威胁不会在新合同上签字。
13. Could rising shipping costs scupper China's export boom?
    上涨的船运成本有没有影响中国繁荣的出口贸易呢？
14. Experts on Chinese competition law said Beijing had the power to use the laws to seek to force changes or impose penalties that could scupper the tie-up.
    中国竞争法专家表示，北京有权利用反垄断法，来试图强制实施有可能破坏合作的变更或处罚。
15. The proposed bid, which could herald a major consolidation of the Chinese airline sector, is the latest step in an unusually aggressive battle by state-owned CNAC to scupper CEA's planned tie-up with Singapore Airlines which has already been approved by China's State Council.
    上述竞购提议是国有的中航集团异常大胆的竞购战的最新一步，旨在破坏已得到中国国务院批准的东航与新航结盟计划。此次竞购可能拉开中国航空业重大整合的帷幕。
16. He notes that it can be common for vendors at the upper echelons of the housing market to become jealous if they think the person buying the house is richer than them. Tensions around these issues can scupper a sale.
    他说，在房地产市场中，高档住宅卖家若是感觉买主比自己富有，通常会很妒忌，而对这些事折腾计较就会把买卖搅黄。
17. Based on the engineering geological conditions of the slip-mass on the left bank of Zhangfeng Reservoir, this paper puts forward the concrete design plan for the slip-mass scupper.
    根据张峰水库左岸塌滑体的工程地质条件等，给出了塌滑体排水洞的具体设计方案。
18. A senior Chinese official yesterday attacked the planned iron ore joint venture between Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, raising expectations that Beijing may use its antitrust law to try to scupper the monopolistic deal.
    一位中国高级官员昨日抨击力拓（RioTinto）与必和必拓（BHPBilliton）成立铁矿石合资企业的计划。此举使人更加相信，北京可能会利用反垄断法来设法破坏这宗垄断交易。
19. Officials from multilateral lending institutions have been tight-lipped about the consequences but warn privately that, should the deal result in the state contracting fresh debt, it could scupper the write-off.
    多边贷款机构的官员对于后果一直保持缄默，但曾私下警告称，如果与中国的交易导致刚果（金）债务增加，有可能使免债协议泡汤。
20. Moreover, a potential crash in the red-hot Chinese stock markets might scupper the expansion plans of new ventures.
    此外，如果目前火热的中国股市暴跌，成立合资企业的扩张计划可能受阻。
21. Run off pipes to be connected temporarily for out board scupper ( 10 pcs in total) during time of painting.
    油漆时，舷侧出水孔（共10处）接临时疏水管。
22. Some had thought the Saudi controversy would scupper the deal, though it passed without trouble.
    有人曾担心有关沙特交易的争论可能会破坏此次收购，但最终却顺利完成了。
23. Alas, China's powerful commerce ministry can't use tough anti-merger laws to scupper the deal because it has been structured as a production joint venture.
    不过，中国实权在握的商务部无法利用严格的反合并法律来破坏此项交易，因为它在结构上被设计成一家合资生产企业。
24. They worry it could be used to scupper merger and acquisition deals.
    他们担心，《反垄断法》可能被用于阻挠并购交易。
25. Yet Levett points out that the new, more stringent attitude to provenance may scupper some sales, but has also made safer parts of the market more buoyant.
    不过，莱韦特指出，近来对于古董来源更加严格的态度或许会让一些交易告吹，但也令来源有保障的古董市场变得更加活跃。
26. The world oil glut combined with disastrous federal energy policies to scupper Alberta's economy ( Christian Science Monitor)
    世界石油过剩再加上具有破坏性的联合能源政策使阿尔伯达的经济遭受破坏（基督教科学箴言报）
27. The Scupper Pump failed in the afternoon.
    斯库珀水泵下午坏了。
28. These are just the sorts of problems that would be expected to scupper a half-convertible currency.
    可想而知，上述种种问题都会阻碍一种半可兑换货币的发展。
29. The vote will scupper the school's reorganization plans.
    投票表决将会使学校的重组计划失败。
30. This paper studied the design of scupper spacing of deck in vertical curve with the basic principle of hydraulic and hydrologic compute.
    利用水力水文计算基本原理，研究了竖曲线内桥面泄水孔间距。

noun

1. drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard

verb

1. put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

   Synonym:    queerexposeendangerperil

2. wait in hiding to attack

   Synonym:    ambushbushwhackwaylaylurkambuscadelie in wait