Abortion could also scupper things.

堕胎问题也将事情搞砸了。

The scupper pump failed in the afternoon.

斯库珀水泵下午坏了。

They had no choice but scupper their ship.

他们别无选择只有沉船。

The scupper and outlet pipes are made of steel.

排水口和排水管的材料为钢质。

Could rising shipping costs scupper China's export boom?

上涨的船运成本有没有影响中国繁荣的出口贸易呢？

Have you opened all the valves and plug the deck scupper pipe?

你打开所有的阀，堵上甲板排水管了吗？

A rare survey of public opinion could scupper the city's plans.

一向珍贵的公众意见调查些许显露了城市的计划。

Avast! Belay the port jib, and scupper the mains 'l on the poop deck!

停住！把绳拴在港口上，用排水管排掉甲板和船尾的水！

He admits, however, that insurance difficulties might scupper that idea.

不过他承认安全困难可能使计划受挫。

COULD Scott Brown's victory in Massachusetts scupper Obamacare altogether?

斯科特·布朗在麻省的胜利会否令奥巴马的医改夭折？

What about at sea? Could rising shipping costs scupper China’s export boom?

上涨的船运成本有没有影响中国繁荣的出口贸易呢？

That, and Palestinian and Arab reaction, could scupper hopes of progress towards peace.

之后巴勒斯坦地区和阿拉伯世界的反应将破坏和平进程的希望。

That, in turn, would scupper the decision of ten other states to adopt the same standard.

继而，这会摧毁其他十个州将采用相同标准的决定。

However, if the dollar makes further gains today this could scupper the reversal in equities.

但是，如果美元今天进一步上扬，则有望令股市的反转落空。

Encouraging stuff, though some fret that any hiccup in equity markets could scupper these plans.

这些都是振奋人心的消息，然而一些人担心，如果股票市场稍有下跌，这些计划将付之东流。

There is a chance that Germany could scupper a long-term solution to the sovereign debt crisis.

德国有可能令主权债务危机的永久解决机制沉没。

As a child, she was diagnosed with diabetes and told it would scupper her dream of becoming a detective.

她在儿童时代就被确诊患有糖尿病并且被告知这将使她成为侦探的梦想破碎。

Republican leaders have moved to scupper Obama's healthcare plans by inflaming myths and lies about the system.

共和党领已经转为通过妖魔化的方式来诋毁奥巴马的医改计划。

This paper studied the design of scupper spacing of deck in vertical curve with the basic principle of hydraulic and hydrologic compute.

利用水力水文计算基本原理，研究了竖曲线内桥面泄水孔间距。

But this may scupper any chance of energy-sector liberalisation, since the company would need fistfuls of profits in order to make its payouts.

但是这可能会破坏能源部门自由化的机会，因为该公司会需要许多利润才能够做出支付。

Spurs tried to sign Huntelaar in the summer and may revive a deal if injury concerns scupper a move for Real Madrid striker Ruud van Nistelrooy.

夏天热刺也想签下亨特拉尔，如果伤病破坏这笔皇马范尼·斯特·鲁伊的转会，他们可能也会报价。

Most importantly, rival platform-owners are unlikely to co-operate, and might even scupper the project by introducing deliberate incompatibilities.

更重要的是，拥有信息平台的竞争对手也许不仅不相互合作，甚至会故意地推行不兼容产品而破坏方案的推行。

Therefore, the study of scupper flow channel whether steel liner as well as different steel liner thickness on the impact of orifice stress is necessary.

因此研究泄水孔流道有无钢衬以及不同钢衬厚度对孔口应力的影响很有必要。

Even if the Russian deal is approved, Mr Mittal can still scupper it, by buying 73% of Arcelor shares through his own tender offer before it expires in July.

即便与俄罗斯人的合并案获得通过，米塔尔仍可以在7月份收购要约失效以前通过购买阿塞洛73%的股权来达成自己的目标。

A Brussels antitrust lawyer, who did not want to be identified for fear of alienating a potential client in Microsoft, said the Italian complaint could scupper the deal.

一名布鲁塞尔的反垄断律师，因为害怕失去微软的一个潜在客户，不愿意透露姓名，但是他说这个来自意大利的投诉很可能会让并购案搁浅。

There are global trends that could scupper that prediction, too, but I don't think those forces are moving fast enough to change the price trend over the next 10 years or so.

当然也会有全球性倾向来击破这个预测，但是我认为，这些倾向未必能快得足以改变未来十多年里油价的走向。

Based on the engineering geological conditions of the slip-mass on the left bank of Zhangfeng Reservoir, this paper puts forward the concrete design plan for the slip-mass scupper.

根据张峰水库左岸塌滑体的工程地质条件等，给出了塌滑体排水洞的具体设计方案。