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词汇 scupper
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scupper

verb
/ˈskʌpə(r)/
/ˈskʌpər/
(British English, informal)
动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they scupper
/ˈskʌpə(r)/
/ˈskʌpər/
he / she / it scuppers
/ˈskʌpəz/
/ˈskʌpərz/
past simple scuppered
/ˈskʌpəd/
/ˈskʌpərd/
past participle scuppered
/ˈskʌpəd/
/ˈskʌpərd/
-ing form scuppering
/ˈskʌpərɪŋ/
/ˈskʌpərɪŋ/
  1. scupper something to cause somebody/something to fail使泡汤;使成泡影 synonym foil
    • The residents' protests scuppered his plans for developing the land.居民的抗议使他开发这片土地的计划泡了汤。
    • Their chances of winning were scuppered by injury.他们获胜的机会因受伤而破灭。
    Topics Difficulty and failurec2
    Collocations DictionaryScupper is used with these nouns as the object:
    • chance
    • deal
    • plan
    词源late 19th cent. (as military slang in the sense ‘kill, especially in an ambush’): of unknown origin.
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