undermine
[.ʌndə'main]
vt.逐渐削弱, 暗中损害, 在...下挖, 从根基处损害
例句与用法:
Some Americans want to go further and undermine him(Gorbachev), even to encourage a breakup of the Soviet Union. That would only play into the hands of reactionaries, not help the reformers.
有些美国人要进一步削弱他(戈尔巴乔夫), 甚至鼓励苏联解体。那仅能予以反动派可乘之机,而无助于改革派。
Beware of the fifth column. They often infiltrate into key positions and seek to undermine the body politic from within.
要提防隐蔽的敌人,他们经常渗透到关键岗位企图从内部破坏国家政体。
An investigation carried out ostensibly to uncover subversive activities but actually used to harass and undermine those with differing views.
政治迫害表面上是开展揭露颠覆的活动,但实际上用于扰乱和削弱持不同看法的人的调查
词形变化:
动词过去式: undermined | 动词过去分词: undermined | 动词现在分词: undermining | 动词第三人称单数: undermines |
vt.
1. 在……下挖坑道
The convicts undermined the prison wall and escaped.
囚犯们在监狱墙下挖地道逃跑了。
2. (海, 风等)侵蚀……的基础
The waves had undermined the cliff.
波浪冲刷侵蚀悬崖的底部。
3. 暗中破坏; 逐渐损害
They are trying to undermine my position.
他们在试图损伤我的地位。
The bad cold had undermined her health.
重感冒损伤了她的健康。
undermine
过去式:undermined
过去分词:undermined
现在进行时:undermining
词形变化:
动词过去式: undermined | 动词过去分词: undermined | 动词现在分词: undermining | 动词第三人称单数: undermines |
词义辨析:
同义:
vt.暗中破坏; 逐渐损害
weaken
sabotage
destroy
同义参见:
demoralize
scotch
rust
undermine[,ʌndə'main]vt.1.■在…下挖掘;在…下挖地道:The soldiers undermined the wall.兵士们在墙下面挖地道。2.■削弱…的基础;逐渐损毁:Wild life has undermined his health.放荡的生活逐渐损害了他的健康。3.■暗中破坏;以阴险手段暗害: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。4.■【采矿】掏槽近义词weaken变形vt.underminedundermining
undermineundermine[ˌʌndəˈmain]vt.1.■在...下面掘地道; 削弱...的基础; 用阴险手段毁损, 伤害(健康等); 暗中破坏undermine a wall挖墙角undermine sb.'s reputation暗中破坏某人的名誉
继承用法underminern.1.■潜挖坑道者; 暗中破坏者 -miningly
词性变化undermine[ˌʌndəˈmain]adv.
verb
- [with obj.]erode the base or foundation of (a rock formation)
侵蚀(岩层)底基
■dig or excavate beneath (a building or fortification) so as to make it collapse
破坏(建筑,要塞)底基
■(figurative)(喻)damage or weaken (someone or something), especially gradually or insidiously
暗中破坏;逐渐削弱
this could undermine years of hard work.
这会破坏多年的辛勤劳动。
underminer
noun
语源
- Middle English: from under- + the verb mine, probably suggested by Middle Dutch ondermineren
undermine
动词 undermine:
destroy property or hinder normal operations
同义词:sabotage, countermine, counteract, subvert, weaken
hollow out as if making a cave or opening
同义词:cave
undermine
■He was assassinated by noblemen who feared that his licentious manner and ignorance would undermine the monarchy.
-1916俄国农民医生,其迷人的性格以及为沙皇王子医好了血友病使其在尼古拉二世宫中大受宠爱。
■D'Alembert has tried to undermine by various cavils.
D'Alembert百般挑剔试图暗中破坏。
■Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
一、不要拿自己去跟别人比较以贬低自己,我们每个人因为不同而特别。
■Some will object that this would undermine a democratically elected government.
一些人会反对上述计划,担心这会损害该国民选政权。
■Some will say that bankruptcy will undermine confidence in America's cars.
一些人会说,破产将挫伤消费者对美国汽车的信心。
■Some say the higher fees undermine President Bush's stated goals on immigration.
一些人称提高费用将对布什总统所宣布的移民目标产生不利影响。
■Some say the higher fees undermine the persident Bush's stated goal s on immigration.
一些人说更高的收费破坏了布什总统规定的移民目标。
■Its more reasoned critics assert that the ACLU's exclusive focus on rights leads it to undermine the ties that bind society together.
一些更注重逻辑推理的批评家声称,ACLU专一对准权利问题导致它危害了将社会连接在一起的纽带。
■A mole can undermine the strongest rampart.
一只田鼠能毁坏最坚固的堡垒。
■On the one hand, he was treating us as animals to whom he could toss a bit of slop, and I felt it would undermine our dignity to take the sandwich.
一方面,他象对待畜牲那样可以向我们泼泔水,我觉得拿那块三明治会有损我们的尊严。
■Unsupportive users will continually undermine the system and eventually it will be replaced.
不支持用户将不断地破坏系统,最终将被取代。
■The failure to provide proven interventions, rising costs, and threats to patient safety all undermine the stability of the health care system.
不能提供已被证实的干预措施、费用的上涨以及危及病人的安全,所有这些都破坏了卫生保健体系的稳定性。
■In the long run, poor communication will undermine the entire organization.
不良沟通从长远上讲就会危害整个企业.
■Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself to others. It is because we are different that each of us are special.
不要因为和他人比较而使自己的价值逐渐丧失,因为每个人都是与众不同的。
■Don't undermine your worth by comparing with others.It's because we are different,each of usis special!
不要将自己和他人比较,这样只会降低你自身的价值,使你惶恐不安。因为我们都是独一无二的,每个人都很特别!
■Don t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special.
不要总拿自己与别人比从而贬低自身的价值。正因为我们彼此的差异不同,我们才会各有千秋。
■Don't undermine your worth by comparring yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special.
不要拿你自己和别人比较,从而削弱自己的价值。那是因为我们每个人都是与众不同,都是有别于他人的。
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不要拿自己去跟别人比较以贬低自己,我们每个人因为不同而特别。
■Never let small flaws undermine your confidence. [b]Everyone has flaws!
不要让小问题破坏你的自信,每个人都有问题!
■Do not undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special.
不要跟人攀比而妄自菲薄,我们的特别之处正在于与众不同。
■Nobody will be allowed to neglect his duty and nothing will be allowed to undermine the cause of national salvation.
不许一人不尽其职,一事不利救亡。
■But AIG needs more cash to avoid a downgrade in its credit rating which would undermine credibility in its insurance.
不过,AIG需要更多的现金以维持其信用评级,否则其保约信誉将受到损害。
■Yes, ACCC sounds like four really undermine consumer rights organizations in Australia.
不错,ACCC听上去的确像四处破坏澳洲消费者权益的组织。
■The concern is that the yen's recent appreciation is just the start of a trend that could undermine a nascent recovery.
人们担心的问题是,日元最近升值只不过是一个新趋势的开端,这一趋势可能破坏初露端倪的日本经济复苏。
■Today they use the same hardball tactics they honed a-gainst dictators to undermine demo-cratic leaders.
今天,他们以对抗独裁者淬励出来的那套强硬策略破坏民主领袖。
■They stopped at nothing to undermine the national liberation movement.
他们不择手段破坏民族解放运动。
■They will do anything to undermine their adversary's reputation.
他们会不择手段地去损害对手的名誉。
■They are trying to undermine my position.
他们在试图损伤我的地位。
■They are targeting places frequented by foreigners in order to achieve undermine the stability of the market, drive away tourists.
他们把目标对准了外国人常去的地方,以达到破坏市场的稳定、吓走旅游者的目的。”
■They hope to undermine our unity; they shall fail.
他们相破坏我们的团结,他们是不会成功的。
■They believed that these life of menial work for granted, will not undermine the dignity.
他们认为,做这些生活中的粗活理所当然,绝对无损体面。
■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。
■"What it has done is begin to undermine risk appetite" for investments in Asia, he said.
他说,“美圆所做的就是开始逐渐破坏对亚洲的投资。
■Any country or Government which wants to proceed towards tyranny starts to undermine legal rights and undermine the law.
任何一个国家或政府要走向专制,都是从破坏合法权利和法律开始的。
■Some analysts, however, believe a merger could undermine ITG's value to customers as an independent broker.
但也有分析师认为,合并会损害ITG作为一家独立经纪商对客户所具有的价值。
■But he thinks it would be wrong to undermine the takeup rate for the screening programme.
但是不应该就此打击女性逐渐增加的参与造影的积极性。
■But he says hurrying up withdrawals could undermine the effort.
但是匆忙的撤军会破坏已获得的成就。
■However, these risky behaviors may undermine the value of new enterprises.
但是,这种冒险性的行为会损害新企业的价值。
■But it will also undermine the object of the bill.
但这同时也不利于该法案目标的实现。
■As a continental country, a militant Chile had a capacity to undermine other nations and support radical insurgency that was far greater than Cuba's.
作为一个大陆国家,一个好斗的智利,对其他国家进行破坏和支持激进派叛乱活动的能力要比古巴大得多。
■Hilary Clinton's status as an erstwhile Obama rival might undermine the traditional trump card of a secretary of state.
作为奥巴马的前竞争对手,希拉里.克林顿可能使国务卿这一职位的王牌地位受到动摇。
■What do you refer to by "undermine countries"?
你所说的“危害国家生计”是指什么?
■But you even undermine piety and hinder devotion to God.
你是废弃敬畏的意,在神面前阻止敬虔的心。
■The Secretary for Security, Regina Ip, said the laws will not undermine religious freedoms.
保安局局长叶刘淑仪强调,立法不会损害宗教首由。
■Paul wrote to warn about the subtle arguments and false teachings that threatened to undermine the Colossian's faith.
保罗为此写信给歌罗西的信徒们,告戒他们要力拒危害纯正信仰根基的无益的争论和虚假的异端教训。
■Factors such as these could explain the survey results and could undermine the generalizability of the survey results.
像这样一些因素可解释调查结果,可慢慢减少调查结果的总体性。
■Avoid trouble to undermine, even to the trouble to make it to discard.
免得烦恼来破坏,就算烦恼来了也要把它给抛掉。
■Does Globalization Improve or Undermine Education Equity?
全球化是否有助于教育公平?
■Republicans argue a government plan, also known as the public option, would undermine the private insurance industry.
共和党人认为,政府提供的项目,又被称为“公众选择”,会损害私营保险业。
■The truth is that Undermine is the capital of the Isle of Kezan, the largest and southmost of the South Seas Islands.
其实安德麦是南海诸岛中最大的岛屿--科赞岛的首都。