单词 | sabotage |
释义 | sabotage sabotage // verb, noun
■ verb [+ obj]
1 to damage or destroy sth deliberately to prevent sb from using it or to protest about sth: The main electricity supply had been sabotaged.
2 to prevent sth from being successful or being achieved, usually deliberately: The rise in interest rates sabotaged any chance of the firm's recovery.
■ noun [U]
1 the act of doing deliberate damage to equipment, transport, machines, etc. to prevent sb from using them, or to protest about sth: an act of industrial sabotage They blamed the problems on sabotage by strikers.
2 the act of deliberately spoiling sth in order to prevent it from being successful |
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