scupper
vt. 使船沉沒; 殺死,擊潰; 突襲
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,那他的所有計劃都泡湯了。
If the Commission has its way, the entire deal will be scuppered.
如果委員會我行我素的話,整個交易將化為泡影。
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.
繼而, 這會摧毀其他十個州將採用相同標準的決定.
The scupper and outlet pipes are made of steel.
排水口和排水管的材料為鋼質.
This could scupper Kohlberg Kravis Roberts's hopes of following Blackstone to the stockmarket.
這可能會使KohlbergKravisRoberts繼黑石之後進入股市的希望落空.
They worry it could be used to scupper merger and acquisition deals.
他們擔心,《反壟斷法》可能被用於阻撓併購交易.
Officials blamed a Western conspiracy to scupper the deal.
官員指責西方國家企圖破壞和約的陰謀.