英语释义

• put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

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

• wait in hiding to attack

片语

scupper grating[建]

Bridge Scupper面泄水孔

scupper system排水口装置

scupper pipe排水管；泄水管

manger scupper挡水板排水孔

sweep down突袭

rush沖进；匆促；急流；灯心草

SCUPPER BOARD挡水板

SCUPPER BODY疏水器本体

scupper shoot排水管

sinkhole污水坑；排水口；阴沟口

outfall排水口；河口；沖锋

scupper hole排水孔

英汉例句

• for one thing, it would scupper any chance of the world agreeing on a replacement to kyoto by next year’s deadline.

  首先，这会使世界在明年底期限前达成能够替换京都议定书的新方案的希望破灭。

• one party in ehud olmert「s coalition, shas, has sworn to scupper the peace talks as soon as they get anywhere meaningful.

  在埃胡德·奥尔默特的联合政府中的一个叫做沙斯的党发誓如果和平谈判有任何进展，他们就要摧毁它。

• 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。

• what about at sea? 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？

• republican leaders have moved to scupper obama」s healthcare plans by inflaming myths and lies about the system.

  共和党领已经转为通过妖魔化的方式来诋毁奥巴马的医改计划。

• the idea that the forebears of modern humans could talk would scupper the notion that language was the force that created modern human culture—otherwise, why would they not have built civilisations?

  现代人的祖先能够讲话的观点可能会颠覆语言是建立现代人类文明的力量的观念——然而，为什么他们没有建立文明？

• he admits, however, that insurance difficulties might scupper that idea.

  不过他承认安全困难可能使计划受挫。

• there are global trends that could scupper that prediction, too, but i don「t think those forces are moving fast enough to change the price trend over the next 10 years or so.

  当然也会有全球性倾向来击破这个预测，但是我认为，这些倾向未必能快得足以改变未来十多年里油价的走向。

• as a child, she was diagnosed with diabetes and told it would scupper her dream of becoming a detective.

  她在儿童时代就被确诊患有糖尿病并且被告知这将使她成为侦探的梦想破碎。

• abortion could also scupper things。

  堕胎问题也将事情搞砸了。

• perhaps pakistan’s rulers want nothing to scupper the chance of a new trade deal with india early next year.

  也许巴基斯坦的统治者们指望着明年年初与印度建立一项新的贸易协定，所以他们并不希望有任何不好的事情发生，使他们错过这一良机。

• a brussels antitrust lawyer, who did not want to be identified for fear of alienating a potential client in microsoft, said the italian complaint could scupper the deal.

  一名布鲁塞尔的反垄断律师，因为害怕失去微软的一个潜在客户，不愿意透露姓名，但是他说这个来自意大利的投诉很可能会让并购案搁浅。

• most importantly, rival platform-owners are unlikely to co-operate, and might even scupper the project by introducing deliberate incompatibilities.

  更重要的是，拥有信息平台的竞争对手也许不仅不相互合作，甚至会故意地推行不兼容产品而破坏方案的推行。

• that, and palestinian and arab reaction, could scupper hopes of progress towards peace.

  之后巴勒斯坦地区和阿拉伯世界的反应将破坏和平进程的希望。

• mark hughes will attempt to scupper tottenham hotspur」s move for craig bellamy after he was confirmed as fulham「s new manger.

  在成为富勒姆主教练之后，马克·休斯打算介入托特纳姆热刺引进贝拉米的转会。

• that, in turn, would scupper the decision of ten other states to adopt the same standard.

  继而，这会摧毁其他十个州将采用相同标準的决定。

• now russia is raising new demands that could scupper the whole treaty.

  现在俄罗斯正提出一些新的要求，这些要求可能会使整个条约处于不利的境地。

• could scott brown’s victory in massachusetts scupper obamacare altogether?

  斯科特?布朗在麻省的胜利会否令奥巴马的医改夭折？

• yet, to scupper this rumour, palin yesterday announced that, actually, bristol, her 17-year-old and unmarried daughter who some suggested was trig」s mother, is five months pregnant.

  而为了辟谣，佩林昨天宣布，她17岁未婚先孕的女儿bristol，并不象有些人猜测的那样是孩子真正的母亲--因为bristol现在刚刚有5个月的身孕。

• indonesia’s palm-oil, pulp-and-paper and coal-mining industries are trying furiously to scupper it.

  印尼的棕榈油、纸浆与纸及煤炭开采业正拼命想要破坏这项禁令。

• in one way, the yellow-shirted elite is right: mr thaksin probably did play a malign role, especially in helping scupper attempts at a negotiated end to the protests.

  从一个角度看，黄衫军的一位精英人士的分析是正确的：他信很可能扮演中一个邪恶的角色，尤其是支持一些破坏活动，以挫败与抗议者谈判而终结动乱的企图。

• but this may scupper any chance of energy-sector liberalisation, since the company would need fistfuls of profits in order to make its payouts.

  但是这可能会破坏能源部门自由化的机会，因为该公司会需要许多利润才能够做出支付。

• an early winter could further scupper the voting if snow cuts off valleys in the country’s mountainous areas.

  若是下雪切断了多山地区的道路，早早到来的冬季可以把第二轮选举破坏得更严重。

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