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Sabotage Deliberately Act Verb 动词 英 Sæbətɑːʒ] 美 Sæbətɑːʒ

英语单词 sabotage
英美音标 英 ['sæbətɑːʒ] 美 ['sæbətɑːʒ]
中文释义 n.怠工;破坏
vt.破坏
英语例句 (1) Their sabotage put back production badly.
(2) The fire at the factory was caused by sabotage.
(3) They are carrying out subversion,sabotage,intervention and aggression everywhere in the world.
(4) They tried to sabotage my birthday party.
中文例句 (1) 他们的怠工严重影响了生产。
(2) 那家工厂的火灾是有人蓄意破坏引起的。
(3) 他们在全世界到处进行颠覆,破坏,干涉和侵略。
(4) 他们企图破坏我的生日晚会。
vocabulary简明 Sabotage isn't very nice: It's when you ruin or disrupt something by messing up a part of it on purpose. Loosening the blades on your competitor's ice skates would definitely be considered sabotage.
vocabulary扩展 Sabotage comes from the French word saboter, which literally means “walk noisily.” That's funny, because the last thing you'd want to do when committing an act of sabotage is stomp around and get caught. It’s believed that sabotage came into use in 1910 as a noun, and then later in 1918 as a verb. Apparently, people only became so cruel in the last century or so.
柯林斯解释
1
[VERB 动词]蓄意破坏,阴谋摧毁(机器、铁路、桥梁) If a machine, railway line, or bridge is sabotaged, it is deliberately damaged or destroyed, for example in a war or as a protest.
  [be V-ed]
  [usu passive]
  • The main pipeline supplying water was sabotaged by rebels.

    供水主管道被叛乱分子蓄意破坏了。

  • Sabotage is also a noun.
    • The bombing was a spectacular act of sabotage.

      这场轰炸是一次大规模的蓄意破坏行为。

2
[VERB 动词]阻挠,妨碍,暗中破坏(计划的实施或会议的进行) If someone sabotages a plan or a meeting, they deliberately prevent it from being successful.
  [V n]
  • He accused the opposition of trying to sabotage the election...

    他谴责反对派企图阻挠选举的进行。

  • My ex-wife deliberately sabotages my access to the children.

    我的前妻故意不让我与孩子们接触。

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