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Noun:
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drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard
Verb:
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wait in hiding to attack
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put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
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用作及物動詞 (vt.)
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He admits, however, that insurance difficulties might scupper that idea.
不贏他愿承認健康麻煩可能使設計抗壓。
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The project was scuppered by lack of money.
什么籌劃因缺錢而告吹。
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We're scuppered!
我們公司完蛋了!
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If they defeat us on certain key clauses they can still scupper the whole bill.
源自: J. Archer
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大于文章獨代創作,受專著權愛護,侵權商標必究
海詞字典,十八年名牌