undermine的中文翻譯是什麼意思

undermine

US/ˌʌndərˈmaɪn/
UK/ˌʌndəˈmaɪn/

v. 逐漸削弱; 使逐步減少效力; 從根基處破壞; 挖…的牆腳

undermine柯林斯釋義

VERB(常指逐漸或反覆)削弱,損害(情感、體制等)

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...

    對每個問題都給出建議會令她覺得自己不像個成年人。

  • Western intelligence agencies are accused of trying to undermine the government.

    西方情報機構被指責企圖動搖該政府的統治。

VERB(常指間接地)削弱,損害,動搖(某人的地位或權威)

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...

    她暗中打擊他,讓他對自己的才華信心全無。

  • The conversations were designed to undermine her authority so she felt that she could no longer work for the company.

    這些談話有意削弱她的威信,這樣她會覺得自己在公司幹不下去。

VERB破壞,損害(某人的努力或成功的機會)

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...

    持續的戰鬥會破壞希望透過談判來達成協議的努力。

  • I don't want to do something that would undermine the chances of success.

    我不想做會影響成功機會的事情。

undermine英文釋義

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場景例句

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

在這種環境下,財務壓力 、 長時間工作和生活中的壞毛病都可能會破壞婚姻關係.

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

文字, 如獲透過, 將嚴重損害窮國的發展權.

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

儘管一眼望去盡是聳人聽聞的新聞標題影響了我們的樂觀看法, 但還是有事實來支援這一觀點的.

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

連結行為與預期不符破壞了使用者對他們自己的系統的理解.

Only by offering credible protection could the Americans undermine the militias.

只有提供了可靠的保護措施,美軍才能破壞形形色色的民兵組織.

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undermine詞性變形

underminesunderminedundermining

undermine近義詞

vt. 暗中破壞;逐漸損害

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其他釋義

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