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词汇 scuppered
释义 scuppered
past simple and past participle ofscupper
scupper
verb[ T ]
UKuk /ˈskʌp.ər/ us /ˈskʌp.ɚ/(USscuttle)

scupperverb[T] (SINK)


to sink your own ship on purpose故意使(自己的船)沉没
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Staying afloat, capsizing & sinking
bail out
buoy
buoyancy
buoyant
buoyantly
capsize
float
floatation
flotation
founder
ground
kickboard
outrigger
refloat
ride
run aground/ashoreidiom
scupper
scuttle
sunken
waterlogged

scupperverb[T] (SPOIL)


to cause something such as a plan or an opportunity to fail: 使失败;使泡汤
Arriving late for the interview scuppered my chances of getting the job.面试迟到使我失去了获得这份工作的机会。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Upsetting and destabilizing
bring
bring someone down
delegitimize
destabilization
destabilize
disruptive
disruptively
diversionist
knock/throw someone for a loopidiom
loop
make wavesidiom
skid
stir
undercut
undermine
unsettle
unsettling
unspool
unspooling
wave

Examples of scuppered


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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


And it's also not scuppered, perhaps quite so easily by ridiculous things which are completely out of our control.
Yet enquiry into the nature of good governance need not be scuppered by ethnocentrism.
The author hopes to illustrate that the will for co-operation remained strong in the wake of currency depreciation but was scuppered by complex political developments.
As a result, the launch of yet another policy initiative has been scuppered.
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That very important measure was scuppered in the other place, quite frankly frivolously and disgracefully.
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The danger is that the whole thing, including the seaport, could be scuppered.
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However, those who call for it to be withdrawn—scuppered completely—are politically inept and do nothing to help the majority of leaseholders.
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If she does not, the strategy for community care will be scuppered.
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The co-operation between both sides of industry is being scuppered.
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That was a signal that the admiral had finally scuppered his own flagship.
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The whole plan has been scuppered by their dithering over the election.
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If that person is not scuppered in that way, he or she will have a chance of mounting a proper appeal.
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If there is a change in that consultative process the legislative programme for them will be scuppered.
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Five perfectly good cruisers are to be taken out and scuppered in the open sea.
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They hope that as a result of failure to agree with us the other arrangements will be "scuppered".
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