nobble
vt. (暗中破壞)使其不能取勝,詐騙
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...
企圖收買陪審團的指控傳出後,審判在聖誕節前中止了。
Sir Gerald had been nobbled.
傑拉爾德爵士已經被收買了。
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.
在唐克斯特用來阻止兩匹馬取勝的藥物
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.
他重新樹立自己地位的機會因教練的戰術而流產了。
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
他想收買陪審團的種種企圖
The trial was stopped before Christmas after allegations of attempts to nobble the jury.
企圖收買陪審團的指控傳出後,審判在聖誕節前中止了。