scupper
vt. 使船沉没; 杀死,击溃; 突袭
To scupper a plan or attempt means to spoil it completely.
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。
1. drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard
1. wait in hiding to attack
2. put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
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准的决定.
The scupper and outlet pipes are made of steel.
排水口和排水管的材料为钢质.
This could scupper Kohlberg Kravis Roberts's hopes of following Blackstone to the stockmarket.
这可能会使KohlbergKravisRoberts继黑石之后进入股市的希望落空.
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.
Officials blamed a Western conspiracy to scupper the deal.
官员指责西方国家企图破坏和约的阴谋.