undermines的中文翻译是什么意思

undermines

/ˌʌndəˈmainz/

v. 在某物下挖洞或挖通道( undermine的第三人称单数 ); 侵蚀…的基础; 暗中破坏; 逐渐削弱

undermines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。

undermines场景例句

It undermines cohesion and creates dissension.

这件事会破坏团结,制造纠纷.

In healthcare, the cash nexus undermines the doctor - patient relationship.

在医疗行业, 金钱有可能扭曲医务人员与患者之间应有的关系.

It is this persistent propaganda that undermines real progress in black - white relations.

正是这种一贯的宣传阻碍了黑人与白人关系的真正进展.

Every mistake that she makes further undermines her authority.

她犯的每一次错误都进一步降低了她的威望.

Today's upheaval undermines both these pillars at once.

今天的大动荡立刻侵蚀了这些支柱.

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