- deliberately sabotage
- "金山词霸2003法学大词典":
蓄意破坏
English-Chinese law dictionary (法律英汉双解大词典). 2013.
deliberately sabotage
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sabotage — sab‧o‧tage [ˈsæbətɑːʒ] verb [transitive] 1. to secretly damage or destroy equipment, vehicles etc that belong to an enemy or opponent, so that they cannot be used: • There are fears that striking workers may try to sabotage the plant. 2. to… … Financial and business terms
sabotage — sab·o·tage / sa bə ˌtäzh/ n [French, from saboter to clatter with wooden shoes, botch, sabotage, from sabot wooden shoe] 1: the willful destruction of an employer s property or the hindering of normal operations by other means 2: the injury,… … Law dictionary
sabotage — ► VERB ▪ deliberately destroy or obstruct, especially for political or military advantage. ► NOUN ▪ the action of sabotaging. ORIGIN French, from saboter kick with sabots, wilfully destroy … English terms dictionary
sabotage — I UK [ˈsæbətɑːʒ] / US [ˈsæbəˌtɑʒ] noun [uncountable] 1) deliberate damage that is done to the property of an enemy or opponent Was the explosion an act of sabotage? 2) things that are done to stop someone from achieving something or to prevent a… … English dictionary
sabotage — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deliberate ▪ economic, industrial ▪ They conducted a campaign of economic sabotage. ▪ computer, pipeline … Collocations dictionary
sabotage — sab|o|tage1 [ sæbə,taʒ ] noun uncount 1. ) deliberate damage done to the property of an enemy or opponent: Was the explosion an act of sabotage? 2. ) things that are done to stop someone from achieving something or to prevent a plan or process… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
sabotage — [[t]sæ̱bətɑːʒ[/t]] sabotages, sabotaging, sabotaged 1) VERB: usu passive 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] The main pipeline supplying… … English dictionary
sabotage — {{11}}sabotage (n.) 1910, from Fr. sabotage, from saboter to sabotage, bungle, lit. walk noisily, from sabot wooden shoe (13c.), altered (by association with O.Fr. bot boot ) from M.Fr. savate old shoe, from an unidentified source that also… … Etymology dictionary
sabotage — sab|o|tage1 [ˈsæbəta:ʒ] v [T] 1.) to secretly damage or destroy equipment, vehicles etc that belong to an enemy or opponent, so that they cannot be used ▪ Every single plane had been sabotaged. 2.) to deliberately spoil someone s plans because… … Dictionary of contemporary English
sabotage — 1 verb (T) 1 to secretly damage or destroy equipment, vehicles etc that belong to an enemy or opponent, so that they cannot be used: Every single fighter plane had been sabotaged. 2 to deliberately spoil someone s plans because you do not want… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
sabotage — [ˈsæbəˌtɑːʒ] verb [T] 1) to deliberately damage or destroy something that belongs to an enemy 2) to deliberately prevent something from being successful sabotage noun [U] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
