undermine是什么意思？

undermine

英[ˌʌndəˈmaɪn] 美[ˌʌndərˈmaɪn]

• v. 逐渐削弱，使逐步减少效力，从根基处破坏，挖…的墙脚；

过去式：undermined;

过去分词：undermined;

现在分词：undermining;

第三人称单数：undermines;

例句

• 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。
• These incidents could seriously undermine support for the police. 这些事件会严重影响对警方的支持。
• She tried to undermine our friendship. 她试图破坏我们的友谊。
• Nothing can undermine their fast friendship. 没有什么能破坏他们忠实的友谊。
• Instigating ethnic confrontation and religious conflict will only undermine regional and world peace and stability. 我们不能煽动民族对立和宗教矛盾,这不利于地区乃至世界的和平与稳定.
• D'Alembert has tried to undermine by various cavils. D'Alembert百般挑剔试图暗中破坏.
• Only by offering credible protection could the Americans undermine the militias. 只有提供了可靠的保护措施,美军才能破坏形形色色的民兵组织.
• Rivers undermine their banks. 河水冲刷堤基.
• A mole can undermine the strongest rampart. 一只田鼠能毁坏最坚固的堡垒.
• I don't want to do something that would undermine the chances of success. 我不想做会影响成功机会的事情。

同义词

• vt.
  undermine的同义词之：暗中破坏;逐渐损害
  weaken, destroy, sabotage,
• undermine的同义词之：其他释义
  scotch, destroy, rust, weaken, demoralize, sabotage,

英语四级真题

But the 1980s brought new competition from Japanese film company Fuji Photo, which undermined Kodak by offering lower prices for film and photo supplies.
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It will undermine their mutual understanding
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Risky Business We are each responsible for our own decisions, even if the decision, making process has been undermined by stress or peer pressure
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  （常指逐渐或反复）削弱，损害（情感、体制等）
  If you undermine something such as a feeling or a system, you make it less strong or less secure than it was before, often by a gradual process or by repeated efforts.
  例句
  Offering advice on each and every problem will undermine her feeling of being adult... 对每个问题都给出建议会令她觉得自己不像个成年人。 Western intelligence agencies are accused of trying to undermine the government. 西方情报机构被指责企图动摇该政府的统治。
• VERB
  （常指间接地）削弱，损害，动摇（某人的地位或权威）
  If you undermine someone or undermine their position or authority, you make their authority or position less secure, often by indirect methods.
  例句
  She undermined him and destroyed his confidence in his own talent... 她暗中打击他，让他对自己的才华信心全无。 The conversations were designed to undermine her authority so she felt that she could no longer work for the company. 这些谈话有意削弱她的威信，这样她会觉得自己在公司干不下去。
• VERB
  破坏，损害（某人的努力或成功的机会）
  If you undermine someone's efforts or undermine their chances of achieving something, you behave in a way that makes them less likely to succeed.
  例句
  The continued fighting threatens to undermine efforts to negotiate an agreement... 持续的战斗会破坏希望通过谈判来达成协议的努力。 I don't want to do something that would undermine the chances of success. 我不想做会影响成功机会的事情。

英汉词典释义

• vt.
  在某物下挖洞或挖通道; 侵蚀…的基础
  Badgers had undermined the foundations of the church. 獾在这座教堂的地基处打了洞。 The soldiers undermined the wall. 士兵们在墙下挖洞。 Rivers undermine their banks. 河水冲刷堤基。 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。
  暗中破坏; 逐渐削弱
  Illness undermined his strength. 疾病逐渐削弱了他的力气。 Many severe colds undermined the old man's health. 多次严重的感冒损害了老人的健康。 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。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. destroy property or hinder normal operations;
  "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
  2. hollow out as if making a cave or opening;
  "The river was caving the banks"