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N a drain or spout allowing water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard (船的)排水孔; 排水管 [nautical]
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V to overwhelm, ruin, or disable 战胜; 毁灭; 使失去能力 [slang]
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。
KKR originally planned a New York listing three years ago before the credit crunch scuppered the idea. See article.
该公司原本计划三年前在纽交所上市，可后来信贷危机使得计划落空。
Its own attempted takeover of Unocal, a Californian oil firm, in 2005 was scuppered by American concerns about ceding ownership to China.
中国公司在2005年对加利福尼亚石油公司Unocal的收购也被阻止，原因就是美国对向中国转让所有权有所担心。
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