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sabotage
  • Conjugation : past  sabotaged ; ing  sabotaging
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

sabotage ['sæbətɒːʒ]
  1. 1. noun [u] 蓄意破坏
  2. 2. vt. [+machine] [ bridge etc] 破坏
  3. 3. vt. [+plan] [ meeting] [ relationship etc]
    an act of sabotage
    破坏行为

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

sabotage [ˈsæbəˌtɑːʒ]
  1. 1. n.[u] 蓄意毁坏阴谋破坏
    Acts of sabotage were carried out by persons unknown.
    这些蓄意破环是由不明人士造成的。
  2. 2. verb 蓄意毁坏妨碍……正常运作
    Mr Smith fiercely denied any question of sabotaging the talks.
    史密斯先生坚决拒绝任何企图阻挠谈话提问
    The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war.
    抵抗运动成员战争期间破坏铁路运输

Collins English-English Dictionary

sabotage ['sæbə"tɒːʒ]
  1. 1. n the deliberate destruction, disruption, or damage of equipment, a public service, etc, as by enemy agents, dissatisfied employees, etc
  2. 2. n any similar action or behaviour
  3. 3. vt. [tr] to destroy, damage, or disrupt, esp by secret means
  4. 4. vt. [Etymology] C20: from French, from saboter to spoil through clumsiness (literally: to clatter in sabots)

Examples

acts of sabotage
破坏行动
Acts of sabotage were carried out by persons unknown.
这些蓄意破环是由不明人士造成的。
同事之间,要相互补台,不要拆台。
Colleagues should support, not sabotage, each other.
提防恐怖主义分子的破坏
guard against sabotage by terrorists
破坏生产
sabotage production
警惕敌人的破坏活动
guard against enemy sabotage
清查同这次破坏活动有牵连的人和事
investigate the individuals and incidents connected with the sabotage
蓄意进行破坏
deliberately sabotage
这些顽固的保皇势力对新政进行种种的阻挠。
Those hard-core royalists did everything they could to sabotage the new policy.

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