sabotage
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/ˈsæbətɑːʒ/
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/ˈsæbətɑːʒ/
The intentional damaging of something to make it not work properly.
Someone's act of sabotage stopped the factory machines from working.
有人的破坏行为导致工厂机器停止工作。
When someone stops something from being successful on purpose.
The attempt at sabotage against the new project failed.
针对新项目的破坏尝试失败了。
To deliberately harm something so it doesn't work properly.
They tried to sabotage the bridge to slow down the enemy.
他们试图破坏桥梁来减缓敌人的速度。
To intentionally prevent something from being successful.
They did everything to sabotage the deal, but it still went through.
他们尽一切努力破坏这笔交易,但它还是成立了。