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un·der·mine·s 英ˌʌndə'maɪn美ˌʌndər'maɪn COCA¹⁸⁷⁰²BNC²¹⁹⁵⁰Economist⁹⁰⁵³
基本双解英英搭配近义反义句型用法例句Thesaurus例句
vt.逐渐削弱⁵³;暗中损害¹⁹;在…下挖⁹;从根基处损害¹⁹原型undermine的三单过去分词undermined现在分词undermining三单undermines
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
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
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。
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 A system that taxes similar people in similar situations different amounts distorts behaviour, offends against a sense of justice and thus undermines compliance.
征收在相似经济情况下相似的居民不同税额的体系会歪曲行为，违反公平性和因此破坏公民的服从。 ecocn
The president says his administration will fight corruption and the spread of small arms in Africa which undermines elected government.
乔纳森说，他的政府将打击腐败，整治小型武器在非洲的扩散。这些武器损害了民选政府的作用。 hxen
An authoritarian regime creates an educated class which becomes emancipated from the state because of its intellectual superiority; it then undermines the state, and often gets buried in its wreckage.
一个极权统治因智力优势而创造这个被赋予自由权利的阶层，然后这个阶层反过来对其进行破坏，结果却常常被埋在了自己的残骸下。 ecocn
But in the end it undermines the purpose of the model because the locality and regionalism of the planet are some of its most striking and important features.
但是，因为地球的局部性和区域划分是它最显著和最重要的特性，这样做的结果最终破坏了模型存在的目的。 yeeyan
Celebrity endorsements go wrong, says Mr Milligan, when the celebrities do something that undermines the “ product” that they have made themselves into.
米里根表示，当名人们做了一些事情伤害了作为一个产品的自己时，名人效应不复存在。 ecocn
Every time America breaks them—by, for instance, protectionism— it feeds China’s suspicions and undermines the very order it seeks.
每次美国破坏这些规则，比如贸易保护主义，这令中国怀疑和破坏她所寻找的这个秩序。 yeeyan
For the rest, like an autoimmune disease, the curse undermines the ability of a country to build defences against it.
至于其它国家，这种诅咒会像自体免疫性疾病一样，破坏它们建立防范机制的能力。 blog.sina.com.cn
Iraq is still without an oil law, which undermines faith that contracts will be honoured.
伊拉克仍然没有一项石油法律，这会暗中破坏履行合同的信仰。 ecocn
Its mistake is not to lie, but to proclaim that it will lie, for its very honesty undermines the value of its deceit.
政府的错误不在于撒谎，而在于提前就声明它将会撒谎，因为，政府的诚实正在削减其欺骗的价值。 yeeyan
Keep in mind that doing this undermines Single Sign On across applications.
请注意，这一点将破坏跨应用程序的单点登入。 ibm
Most damagingly to supporters of AV—for it undermines their core argument—it would not even stop MPs being elected by a minority of votes cast.
最为打击AV支持者的是——这也损坏了他们的核心论点—— AV甚至不能阻止国会议员由小部分人选举产生。 ecocn
One of the saddest things about the relativism of our day is that it undermines God's forgiveness.
大约我们的相对最悲惨的一天的事情之一是，它破坏了上帝的宽恕。 yeeyan
Such analysis is not only ill informed, it undermines chances of reaching agreement in the negotiations.
这种分析不仅是不了解情况，它还破坏了谈判达成协议的机会。 yeeyan
The EU must also continue to object forcefully to the gas cut-off, making clear that it undermines Russia’s credibility as a reliable energy supplier.
欧盟也必须继续强力反对切断供气的行为，阐明这样会逐渐削弱俄罗斯作为一家可靠的能源供应国的信誉。 ecocn
This has led to some of the biggest suppliers becoming substantial businesses, it said, despite the efforts of many game studios to snuff out a trade that they believe undermines the game.
这使得一些最大的游戏供应商逐渐有了实质性的业务。他们认为，许多游戏工作室试图遏止这种贸易的努力会葬送了游戏本身。 yeeyan
Thus opium has moved from Turkey and Thailand to Myanmar and southern Afghanistan, where it undermines the West’s efforts to defeat the Taliban.
因此鸦片产地已经从土耳其、泰国转移到了缅甸和阿富汗南部，西方打击塔利班的努力在那里受到挫败。 yeeyan
You believe buying Apple undermines your individuality.
你相信购买苹果摧残你的个性。 yeeyan |