| 词汇 | scuppering |
| 释义 | scuppering present 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 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。 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 scupperingscuppering In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. That had the effect of scuppering that campaign of personal harassment and defamation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Putting forward theses such as yours is a sure-fire way of scuppering the whole idea of a criminal court. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I was suddenly in a home where the staff were not supportive; frankly, they were scuppering. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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