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vt.逐渐削弱⁵³;暗中损害¹⁹;在…下挖⁹;从根基处损害¹⁹过去分词undermined现在分词undermining三单undermines
主权维护状态破坏
v.动词
vt. 削弱…的基础wear away the earth beneath, removing support vt. 逐渐损坏weaken or destroy gradually
Verb:
destroy property or hinder normal operations;The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war hollow out as if making a cave or opening;The river was caving the banks 英语单词mine作名词时表示“矿”，作动词时表示“采矿”。采矿的基本方式就是在地下挖掘地道，因此mine还含有“挖掘地道”的含义。古代打仗时，为了摧毁敌人的壁垒，人们往往会暗中挖掘地道，逐渐逼近敌人壁垒，然后通过地道发起攻击或使用炸药来摧毁敌人壁垒。这种作战手法就被称为undermine，字面意思就是“在下面挖掘地道”。后来，该词被普遍应用于更多领域，表示“暗中破坏”。
undermine：ʌndə'maɪn vt.暗中破坏，逐渐破坏，挖掘地道，挖掘地基
用作动词 v.
～+名词undermine authority破坏威信undermine bank冲刷堤基undermine confidence丧失信心undermine friendship破坏友谊undermine health损害健康undermine strength削弱力气
GRE红宝书under下, minev 挖矿－在下面挖－暗中破坏
under mine 在下面挖土，在下面埋地雷
under在下面+mine 挖→在下面挖→破坏钱博士under在下面+mine开采，挖掘→在下面挖地道⇒逐渐损毁，暗中破坏非常记忆under在下面+mine我的⇒在基层下面时我的权力被逐渐削弱under在下面+mine开采，挖掘→在下面挖地道⇒逐渐损毁，暗中破坏。组合词under下面＋mine挖→在下面挖→削弱；破坏合成词under下面+mine挖→在下面挖→削弱，破坏组合词under下面＋mine挖→在下面挖→暗中破坏组合词under + mine挖→ 在下面挖 ⇒破坏词根记忆under+mine挖=挖墙角近义词 dent凹痕rust铁锈cave洞穴damage损害scotch伤口destroy破坏subvert推翻sabotage怠工undercut削弱challenge挑战emasculate阉割counteract抵制countermine反地道destabilize使不稳定weaken使 … 弱，削弱…demoralize使士气低落
用作动词v.
用作及物动词
S+～+ n./pron.Rivers undermine their banks.河水冲刷堤基。
The soldiers undermined the wall.士兵们在墙下挖洞。
Badgers had undermined the foundations of the church.獾在这座教堂的地基处打了洞。
Illness undermined his strength.疾病逐渐消耗了他的力气。
Drugs undermined his health.毒品损害了他的健康。
Insults undermined her confidence.一再受到侮辱之后,她渐渐丧失信心。
She tried to undermine our friendship.她试图破坏我们的友谊。
These incidents could seriously undermine support for the police.这些事件会严重影响对警方的支持。
The President's enemies are spreading rumours to undermine his authority.总统的敌人在散布谣言以逐渐破坏他的威信。
The house is unsafe since the foundations were undermined by floods.这栋房子不安全,因为地基被洪水损坏了。Punderminern.暗中破坏者
v.动词
undermine的基本意思是“削弱…的基础”,指逐渐地、常不被人察觉地破坏某一事物的根基,而使其遭到损坏,这种破坏可源于自然,也可源于人为破坏。 undermine是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。 undermine引申可作“损坏”解,这种损坏不是突然间的,而是有一个长期的过程,用作及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语。
动词99%,名词1%
用作及物动词They will do anything tounderminetheir adversary's reputation.他们会不择手段地去损害对手的名誉。
The President's enemies are spreading rumours tounderminehis authority.总统的敌人在散布谣言以逐渐破坏他的威信。
Badgers hadunderminedthe foundations of the church.獾在这座教堂的地基处打了洞。
A mole canunderminethe strongest rampart.一只田鼠能毁坏最坚固的堡垒。verb.weaken
同义词 blunt,cripple,erode,frustrate,hurt,impair,ruin,sabotage,sap,subvert,threaten,thwart,torpedo,undercut,wreckattenuate,corrode,debilitate,dig,disable,enfeeble,excavate,foil,mine,sandbag,soften,tunnel,wearclip one's wings,dig out,eat away,hollow out,knock the bottom out of,poke full of holes,whittle away
反义词 aid,assist,build,construct,create,encourage,fix,help,relieve,strengthen,support,fill
attenuateverb weaken
abate,constrict,contract,cripple,debilitate,deflate,disable,dissipate,enfeeble,extenuate,lessen,mitigate,sap,shrink,thin,vitiate
bluntverb make dull
attenuate,benumb,cripple,dampen,deaden,debilitate,desensitize,disable,enfeeble,hebetate,numb,obtund,sap,soften,take the edge off,undermine,water down,weaken
breakverb weaken, cause instability
bankrupt,bust,confound,confute,controvert,cow,cripple,declass,degrade,demerit,demoralize,demote,disconfirm,dispirit,disprove,downgrade,enervate,enfeeble,humiliate,impair,impoverish,incapacitate,pauperize,rebut,reduce,refute,ruin,subdue,tame,undermine
bring downverb reduce or hurt
KO,abase,cut down,damage,drop,fell,floor,injure,knock down,lay low,level,lower,mow down,murder,overthrow,overturn,prostrate,pull down,shoot down,slay,throw down,tumble,undermine,upset,wound
brought downverb reduce or hurt
KOED,abased,cut down,damaged,dropped,fell,floored,injured,knocked down,lay low,leveled,lowered,mowed down,murdered,overthrew,overturned,prostrated,pulled down,shot down,slew,threw down,tumbled,undermined,upset,wound
burrowverb dig a hole
delve,excavate,hollow out,scoop out,tunnel,undermine On the other hand, it is clear that these spy games undermine confidence in the entire concept of diplomatic immunity and thereby threaten the security of legitimate diplomats around the world.
另一方面，这些间谍的游戏削弱了信任是显然的，这个信心是在外交豁免权以及随之威胁到的世界各地合法外交的安全的整个概念里。 yeeyan
The smallest mistake can undermine the integrity of an entire system.
最小的错误也可能破坏整个系统的完整性。 ibm
Avoid anything that might undermine your personal standards or taint your views.
避开任何可能破坏您的个人标准或玷污你观点的东西。 yeeyan
Because without such an international order, the forces of instability and disorder will undermine global security.
因为，如果没有这样的国际秩序，不稳定和混乱力量就会破坏全球安全。 yeeyan
But everywhere corruption and inefficiency undermine implementation of the law.
但腐败无能无处不在，破坏了该法的执行。 ecocn
But she has been both hesitant and meddling, and has often allowed a small cabal of personal advisers to overrule and undermine ministers.
但是她既犹豫不决又多管闲事，而且经常让一个私人顾问组成的小集团去否决和损害部长们。 ecocn
He said the administration did not aggressively pursue corruption out of concern that that could undermine its relationship with the Iraqi government.
他说，布什政府没有大力打击腐败是出于这样做可能会破坏和伊拉克政府关系的考虑。 hxen
His enemies are spreading rumours to undermine his authority.
他的敌人在散布谣言来暗中破坏他的威信。《21世纪大英汉词典》
In fact, the huge inheritance does not do him any good, but tends to undermine his vigor and passion for life.
实际上，这么大笔的遗产对他不仅没有什么好处，反而会损害他的活力和对生活的激情。 kekenet
In practice, however, partial privatization would almost surely undermine the public side of these programs.
不过，实际上，部分私有化几乎肯定会削弱这些计划的公共部分。 yeeyan
Indeed, the ruling is likely to worry firms of all kinds in that it appears to undermine the sanctity of contracts in general.
事实上，这项裁定很可能使各种各样的企业都感到担心，因为它似乎破坏了一切合同的神圣性。 ecocn
That’s why I won’t accept any attempts to undermine the independence of this agency.
这就是为什么我不会容忍任何破坏这一机构的独立性的企图。 yeeyan
That would further undermine the credibility of the election.
那将会进一步破坏选举的可信度。 ecocn
This week's atrocity in its economic capital should not undermine its progress.
本周发生在其经济首都的暴行也应该不会削弱其发展。 ecocn
We decided to let them run, not that they should think we want to undermine their destiny.
我们决定暂且不去理会这些叛徒，并不是让他们去认为我们想要损害他们的命运。 ecocn
Yet at the same time, it does not want to hear regional demands, especially from Japan, for stronger anti- missile defences or other weaponry that would undermine its military clout.
但是同时，中国也不希望听到周边国家，尤其是日本，借此发展更为强大的反导系统或者其他武器，这样会损害中国的军事存在。 ecocn
Yet the rot in these areas is so bad that it threatens to undermine the moral legitimacy of capitalism itself, frets this official.
但也令他苦恼的是，这些领域内的腐败行为恶劣之极，已经损害了资本主义自身在道德上的合法性。 ecocn |