scupper 专八

Any sponsorship deal would be scuppered if Jones misses the Olympics.

如果斯不能参加奧运会，赞助商的所有赞助协议都会化成泡影。

The project was scuppered by lack of money.

乏资金, 这项计划落空了。

The opposite problem—an excess of patriotism, not xenophilia—may scupper Bharti's deal with MTN.

另外一个问题，过度的爱国主义而不是崇洋媚外，可能使巴哈提和MTN的谈判成为泡影。