Word · Frequency #14154
sabotage
蓄意破坏（设备等）
核心释义
A deliberate act of destroying or disrupting things, especially by damaging equipment, machinery, or other property.
- 1.
故意削弱某人或某事物,使其失败的行为
A deliberate action aimed at weakening someone (or something, a nation, etc) or preventing them from being successful, through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction.
- 2.
故意破坏或干扰的行为,导致设备损坏
a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged
暗中破坏；阴谋阻挠；故意削弱某人或某事物,使其失败的行为；故意破坏或干扰的行为,导致设备损坏；怠工；破坏活动
用法In use
The factory fire was an act of sabotage.
用法提示：sabotage作为名词，表示蓄意破坏的行为。
The company accused a rival of industrial sabotage.
用法提示：sabotage此处为名词，指破坏活动。
The investigation revealed that the power outage was caused by sabotage.
用法提示：sabotage用作名词，指破坏行为。
an act of sabotage
sabotage 通常作不可数名词；表示“一次破坏行为”时用 an act of sabotage。
The explosion at the factory was an act of sabotage.
工厂的爆炸是一起蓄意破坏行为。
sabotage of [sth]
of 后接被破坏的具体对象。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- an act of sabotage
- 蓄意破坏行为
- The fire was an act of sabotage.火灾是一起蓄意破坏行为。
- sabotage attempt
- 蓄意破坏企图
- Police foiled a sabotage attempt at the power station.警方挫败了对发电站的一次蓄意破坏企图。
- industrial sabotage
- 工业破坏
- They were accused of industrial sabotage.他们被指控进行工业破坏。
- economic sabotage
- 经济破坏
- The blockade was seen as economic sabotage.封锁被视为经济破坏。
- sabotage campaign
- 蓄意破坏活动
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记忆联想：sabotage里藏着sabot（木鞋），想象工人们把木鞋塞进机器搞破坏——蓄意破坏。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：新闻报道、政治讨论、职场竞争 该词多用于正式或书面语境，如新闻、法律或政治讨论；日常口语中较少见。通常指有计划地破坏设备或阻挠某事成功。
语法说明Grammar Note
通常不可数，常与of连用表示对某物的破坏
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
garage、barrage、mirage、espionage、montage、corsage 均以 /ɑʒ/ 结尾，与 sabotage 的最后一个音节 /ˌtɑʒ/ 押韵。注意这些词的 -age 读 /ɑʒ/，但不要与 village /ˈvɪlɪdʒ/、hostage /ˈhɑstɪdʒ/ 等读 /ɪdʒ/ 的 -age 词混淆。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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