12月27日商務(wù)英語

scupper ['sk?p?]

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1.故意弄沉（及物動詞）；

2.徹底破壞（及物動詞）

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1. (transitive verb) To sink a ship intentionally.

2. To destroy completely.

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EXAMPLE 1: The old ship was so badly damaged by the recent storm that its owners decided to scupper it rather than repair it.

最近發(fā)生的風(fēng)暴使這艘舊船損壞過于嚴重，船主決定把它沉入水中，不再修復(fù)。

EXAMPLE 2: Unusually bad weather and the dismal global economy combined to scupper the agricultural region’s economy last year.

去年，因為氣候異常糟糕和全球經(jīng)濟不景氣，這個農(nóng)業(yè)地區(qū)的經(jīng)濟被徹底摧毀。

vertically challenged

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A humorous, but mildly derogatory phrase describing short people.

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EXAMPLE: I love playing basketball, but I never like to have any vertically challenged people on my team.

我喜歡打籃球，但我不喜歡隊里個矮的球員。