scupper ['sk?p?]

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1.故意弄沉（及物動(dòng)詞）；

2.徹底破壞（及物動(dòng)詞）

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1. (transitive verb) To sink a ship intentionally.

2. To destroy completely.

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EXAMPLE 1: The old ship was so badly damaged by the recent storm that its owners decided to scupper it rather than repair it.

最近發(fā)生的風(fēng)暴使這艘舊船損壞過(guò)于嚴(yán)重,，船主決定把它沉入水中,，不再修復(fù)。

EXAMPLE 2: Unusually bad weather and the dismal global economy combined to scupper the agricultural region’s economy last year.

去年,，因?yàn)闅夂虍惓Ｔ愀夂腿蚪?jīng)濟(jì)不景氣,，這個(gè)農(nóng)業(yè)地區(qū)的經(jīng)濟(jì)被徹底摧毀。

vertically challenged

矮子

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A humorous, but mildly derogatory phrase describing short people.

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EXAMPLE: I love playing basketball, but I never like to have any vertically challenged people on my team.

我喜歡打籃球,，但我不喜歡隊(duì)里個(gè)矮的球員,。