undermine的中文翻译是什么意思

undermine

US/ˌʌndərˈmaɪn/
UK/ˌʌndəˈmaɪn/

v. 逐渐削弱; 使逐步减少效力; 从根基处破坏; 挖…的墙脚

undermine柯林斯释义

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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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。

undermine英文释义

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

undermine场景例句

Financial stress, long hours and pet peeves can undermine a marriage in such setups.

在这种环境下,财务压力 、 长时间工作和生活中的坏毛病都可能会破坏婚姻关系.

The text, if adopted, would severely undermine poor countries'right to development.

文本, 如获通过, 将严重损害穷国的发展权.

A scan of dire headlines might undermine this optimism, but a little perspective supports it.

尽管一眼望去尽是耸人听闻的新闻标题影响了我们的乐观看法, 但还是有事实来支持这一观点的.

Links that don't behave as expected undermine users'understanding of their own system.

链接行为与预期不符破坏了用户对他们自己的系统的理解.

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.

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undermine词性变形

underminesunderminedundermining

undermine近义词

vt. 暗中破坏;逐渐损害

weakendestroysabotage

其他释义

scotchdestroyrustweakendemoralizesabotage