Plans for a merger have been scotched.

合并计划停止实行。

They have scotched rumours that they are planning a special show.

他们辟谣说他们并没有在筹划一场特别的演出。

Rumours that he had fled the country were promptly scotched by his wife.

他的妻子立刻驳斥了他已逃到国外的谣言。

The grass scotched my finger.

那草割破了我的手指。

However, such concerns are scotched by the report.

然而，这个报告完全否认这种担心。

His arrival in the capital scotched reports that he was dead.

他抵达首都一事止住了说他已死的传言。

The treason idea was quickly scotched , though not before it had inspired some headlines.

叛国罪的主意很快受到抑制，不过其时他已经引发了一些报刊头条。

Strong winds are fueling an out-of-control wildfire that has scotched thousands of acres in central California.

一场强风加速了野火的燃烧，这场失去控制的野火已经烧毁了加利福尼亚中部的上千英亩的土地。

But one visit was scotched by Katherine Jackson, and since then the Jacksons have resisted efforts to make a meeting possible.

但探视被凯瑟琳·杰克逊拒绝了，且之后杰克逊家族一直拒绝见面。

Arsenal have been touted as a possible destination for Appiah but Wenger scotched those rumours at his pre-match press conference on Thursday.

阿森纳被认为是阿皮亚的一个可能目的地，但温格在周四的赛前记者会上否认了这些传言。

Last week's stateside press junket for the new film was scotched after national journalists caught their planes, but for reasons unknown Godard missed his.

上周新片在美国本土召开了一个媒体野餐会，全国记者赶了飞机飞来，却发现戈达尔无缘无故没到场。

Yet Pakistan's generals, having scotched that offer, leapt to battle-stations. They shifted several thousand troops from the north-west to the eastern border.

然而，曾阻挠扎尔·达里提议的巴基斯坦将军们却奔向了战位，将数千军人从西北调往东部边境。