1. | (为防止敌人利用或表示抗议而对设备、交通等进行的)蓄意毁坏,人为破坏the act of doing deliberate damage to equipment, transport, machines, etc. to prevent an enemy from using them, or to protest about sth |
an act of economic/military/industrial sabotage 经济╱军事╱工业破坏活动 | |
Police investigating the train derailment have not ruled out sabotage. 警方调查火车出轨事件,没有排除人为破坏的可能。 |
2. | 故意妨碍;捣乱;刻意阻碍the act of deliberately spoiling sth in order to prevent it from being successful |
1. | ~ sth 蓄意破坏(以防止敌方利用或表示抗议)to damage or destroy sth deliberately to prevent an enemy from using it or to protest about sth |
The main electricity supply had been sabotaged by the rebels. 叛乱者破坏了供电干线。 |
2. | ~ sth 刻意阻碍;妨碍;捣乱to prevent sth from being successful or being achieved, especially deliberately |
Protesters failed to sabotage the peace talks. 抗议者未能破坏和平谈判。 | |
The rise in interest rates sabotaged any chance of the firm's recovery. 由于利率的提高,公司的复苏已无任何可能。 |