nobble
vt. (暗中破坏)使其不能取胜,诈骗
If someone nobbles an important group of people such as a committee, they offer them money or threaten them in order to make them do something.
The trial was stopped before Christmas after allegations of attempts to nobble the jury...
企图收买陪审团的指控传出后,审判在圣诞节前中止了。
Sir Gerald had been nobbled.
杰拉尔德爵士已经被收买了。
If someone nobbles a racehorse, they deliberately harm it, often using drugs, in order to prevent it from winning a race.
...the drug used to nobble two horses at Doncaster.
在唐克斯特用来阻止两匹马取胜的药物
If someone nobbles your plans or chances of succeeding, they prevent you from achieving what you want.
His opportunity to re-establish himself had been nobbled by the manager's tactics.
他重新树立自己地位的机会因教练的战术而流产了。
1. deprive of by deceit;
2. make off with belongings of others
3. take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom;
4. disable by drugging;
his attempts to nobble the jury
他想收买陪审团的种种企图
The trial was stopped before Christmas after allegations of attempts to nobble the jury.
企图收买陪审团的指控传出后,审判在圣诞节前中止了。