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saboteur

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++sab·o·teur /ˌsæbəˈtɜː $ -ˈtɜːr/ noun [countable]  SPOILsomeone who deliberately damages, destroys, or spoils someone else’s property or activities, in order to prevent them from doing something 蓄意破坏者 The lorries were wrecked by saboteurs. 这些大卡车被人蓄意损毁。 hunt saboteur
Examples from the Corpus
saboteurThe second possibility was that some fiendishly cunning saboteur was at work.As for whether it was hunt saboteurs or home-going Christmas drunks, the station will make all possible enquiries.Anyone with a foreign accent, including refugee children, were labelled as potential saboteurs.Hunt stewards are trying to force the saboteurs off private land on to a public footbath.Their solicitor told the court they only wanted to frighten the saboteur and they were sorry he'd been injured.For the rest of the hunting season, the saboteurs will play a cat and mouse game with the huntsmen.
Origin saboteur (1900-2000) French saboter; → SABOTAGE2
sab·o·teur nounChineseSyllable
or destroys, spoils else’s someone deliberately who property or damages, someone Corpus


saboteur
saboteur /ˌsæbəˈtɜː $ -ˈtɜːr/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1900-2000
 Language: French
 Origin: saboter; sabotage2
someone who deliberately damages, destroys, or spoils someone else’s property or activities, in order to prevent them from doing something:
    The lorries were wrecked by saboteurs.
hunt saboteur


sabo·teurBrE /ˌsæbəˈtɜː(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˌsæbəˈtɜːr/ 🔊 nouna person who does deliberate damage to sth to prevent an enemy from using it, or to protest about sth (为防止敌方利用或为表示抗议的)蓄意破坏者Saboteurs blew up a small section of the track. 有人蓄意炸毁了一小段铁路。🔊🔊(BrE) hunt saboteurs (= people who try to stop people from hunting foxes, etc.) 阻挠捕猎活动的人