英语词汇“sabotage”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

sabotagesabotage1 /ˈsæbəˌtɑʒ/ verb [transitive]

VERB TABLE

sabotage

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	sabotage
	he, she, it	sabotages
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	sabotaged
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have sabotaged
	he, she, it	has sabotaged
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had sabotaged
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will sabotage
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have sabotaged

Continuous Form
Present	I	am sabotaging
	he, she, it	is sabotaging
	you, we, they	are sabotaging
Past	I, he, she, it	was sabotaging
	you, we, they	were sabotaging
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been sabotaging
	he, she, it	has been sabotaging
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been sabotaging
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be sabotaging
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been sabotaging

1to 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.2to deliberately spoil someone’s plans because you do not want him or her to succeed SYN undermine: He used his influence to sabotage her career.

verb | noun

sabotagesabotage2 noun [uncountable]

ETYMOLOGYsabotage²

Origin: 1800-1900 French saboter to walk along noisily, do work badly, sabotage, from sabot wooden shoe

COLLOCATIONS► acts of sabotage

acts of sabotage by the terrorists

the act of deliberately damaging or destroying equipment, vehicles, etc. in order to prevent an enemy or opponent from using them: acts of sabotage by the terrorists [Origin: 1800–1900 French saboter to walk along noisily, do work badly, sabotage, from sabot wooden shoe]