Sabotage



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解释

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• n. 阴谋破坏, 颠覆活动
• ［英］ n. 阴谋破坏, 颠覆活动 ( intentional destruction)
• ［记］ sabot ( 木鞋) +age, 原指将木鞋扔进机器进行破坏
• ［例］ The destruction of our computer files was an act of sabotage.

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: French, from saboter to clatter with sabots, botch, sabotage, from sabot
• Date: 1910
• 1. destruction of an employer's property (as tools or materials) or the hindering of manufacturing by discontented workers
• 2. destructive or obstructive action carried on by a civilian or enemy agent to hinder a nation's war effort
• 3.
  • a. an act or process tending to hamper or hurt
  • b. deliberate subversion

II. transitive verb (-taged; -taging)

• Date: 1913
• to practice sabotage on

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