undermined是什么意思？

undermined

英['ʌndə'maɪnd] 美['ʌndə'maɪnd]

• adj. 潜行的；
• v. 在某物下挖洞或挖通道( undermine的过去式和过去分词 )，侵蚀…的基础，暗中破坏，逐渐削弱；

例句

• Insults undermined her confidence. 一再受到侮辱之后, 她渐渐丧失信心。
• Many severe colds undermined the old man's health. 多次严重的感冒损害了老人的健康。
• Illness undermined his strength. 疾病逐渐削弱了他的力气。
• 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。
• 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.
• Her unwillingness to answer questions undermined the strength of her position. 她不愿回答问题,这不利于她所处的形势.
• Our confidence in the team has been seriously undermined by their recent defeats. 该队最近的几次失败已严重动摇了我们对他们的信心。
• The Secretary of Defence has said that he would not stand by and let democracy be undermined... 国防部长已经表示自己不会坐视民主遭到破坏。
• Multilateral initiatives are undermined or diluted by ultra - nationalist, bilateral and regional initiatives. 多边行动常被极端民族主义者, 双边或地区行动所破坏或损害.

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.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
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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The savings and loan scandal, the stock market and junk bond swindles, and, of course, Watergate, have undermined the faith of many Americans in the integrity of political and economic leaders and society as a whole
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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。