1.【航】(甲板的)排水孔;(屋顶等的)排水口;泄水口;水沟
1.〈英俚〉(用袭击办法)杀伤;杀死,击溃
2.使(船)沉没
1.to make a ship sink by deliberately letting water in
2.to spoil someone’s plans or hopes of success
1.Likewise, Mr Christie refused to pay New Jersey's (small) share of the cost of a new rail tunnel to New York, scuppering the scheme.
与此类似，克里斯蒂也拒绝支付纽约隧道中新泽西州应付的（小）部分资金，此项目已经流产。
2.Even a few years away from your connections can mean they go cold, scuppering your chance of promotion.
甚至你远离这些关系仅几年而已，它们就会变得冷淡，你也就失去了升职的机会。
3.Criminal files often disappear from court, scuppering the trial, on payment of a bribe.
犯罪档案在行贿之后经常从法院消失，迫使审判中断。
4.More recently South Africa's foreign minister has accused France of scuppering the AU's Libyan peacemaking efforts.
最近南非外交官也谴责法国组织非盟落实其在利比亚的和平进程。
5.Their attacks have ranged from charging each other with over-stating earnings to scuppering India's economic reforms.
他们的攻击包括指责对方夸大收入和阻碍印度经济改革等。
6.Pakistan has to make more effort to stop a terror group scuppering talks for a second time;
巴基斯坦必须做出更大的努力以免恐怖组织再次破坏谈判；