undermine
英 [ˌʌndəˈmaɪn]
美 [ˌʌndərˈmaɪn]
v. 逐渐削弱(信心、权威等); 使逐步减少效力; 从根基处破坏; 挖…的墙脚
过去分词：undermined 现在分词：undermining 第三人称单数：undermines 过去式：undermined
Collins.3 / BNC.3409 / COCA.3697
同义词辨析
underminev. 逐渐削弱，损害
〔辨析〕
尤指使信心、权威等变弱或失去效力。
〔例证〕
These limitations may undermine the health care system.
这些限制可能会损害医疗保健制度。
The supporters' confidence in the government has been undermined by several recent scandals.
最近几次丑闻已动摇了支持者对政府的信心。
The constant criticism has undermined her position.
不断的批评已经损害了他的地位。
这些限制可能会损害医疗保健制度。
The supporters' confidence in the government has been undermined by several recent scandals.
最近几次丑闻已动摇了支持者对政府的信心。
The constant criticism has undermined her position.
不断的批评已经损害了他的地位。
sapv. 削弱，逐渐破坏
〔辨析〕
尤指逐渐削弱某人的力量、信心、意志等。
〔例证〕
The hot sun sapped the energy of the marathon runners.
火辣辣的太阳烤得那些马拉松选手虚软无力。
Years of failures in the elections have sapped him of his confidence.
连年竞选失败使他逐渐丧失了自信。
火辣辣的太阳烤得那些马拉松选手虚软无力。
Years of failures in the elections have sapped him of his confidence.
连年竞选失败使他逐渐丧失了自信。
weakenv. 削弱；使虚弱；动摇
〔辨析〕
指使某人或某物变得不重要或不强大，或使人身体衰弱，也可指动摇某人的决心。
〔例证〕
He did it to weaken the manager's position.
他这么做是为了削弱经理的地位。
The new evidence has weakened the case against the accused.
新的证据削弱了对被告的指控力度。
The children were weakened by lack of essential nutrients for a long time.
那些孩子因为长期营养不良而身体衰弱。
These policies have weakened the resolve of potential house buyers.
这些政策动摇了潜在购房者的决心。
他这么做是为了削弱经理的地位。
The new evidence has weakened the case against the accused.
新的证据削弱了对被告的指控力度。
The children were weakened by lack of essential nutrients for a long time.
那些孩子因为长期营养不良而身体衰弱。
These policies have weakened the resolve of potential house buyers.
这些政策动摇了潜在购房者的决心。
牛津词典
verb
- 逐渐削弱（信心、权威等）；使逐步减少效力
to make sth, especially sb's confidence or authority, gradually weaker or less effective- 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。 - This crisis has undermined his position.
这场危机已损害了他的地位。
- Our confidence in the team has been seriously undermined by their recent defeats.
- 从根基处破坏；挖…的墙脚
to make sth weaker at the base, for example by digging under it
柯林斯词典
- VERB （常指逐渐或反复）削弱，损害（情感、体制等）
If youunderminesomething 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。
- Offering advice on each and every problem will undermine her feeling of being adult...
- VERB （常指间接地）削弱，损害，动摇（某人的地位或权威）
If youunderminesomeone orunderminetheir 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。
- She undermined him and destroyed his confidence in his own talent...
- VERB 破坏，损害（某人的努力或成功的机会）
If youunderminesomeone's efforts orunderminetheir 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。
- The continued fighting threatens to undermine efforts to negotiate an agreement...
英英释义
verb
- hollow out as if making a cave or opening
- The river was caving the banks
- destroy property or hinder normal operations
- The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war
双语例句
- We idolise success and status and thus undermine our mutual respect.
我们过度崇拜成功和地位，从而削弱了彼此间的尊重。 - And I think that that threatens to undermine the objectivity.
我认为这威胁到了公正性。 - But they also use it to undermine their rivals.
但是它们也可以利用这点暗算对手。 - This may help to undermine the brittle truce that currently exists.
这也许会火上浇油，破坏当前脆弱不稳的休战局面。 - The political meddling goes beyond the cronyism and patronage that undermine their operations.
政治干预远不止于破坏企业运营的任人唯亲和裙带关系。 - Will it undermine our Party's prestige if we criticize our own subjectivism, bureaucracy and sectarianism?
我们自己来批评自己的主观主义、官僚主义和宗派主义，这会不会使我们的党丧失威信呢？ - Jeremic says Serbia will use its diplomatic, economic, and political clout to undermine Kosovo's independence plans.
塞尔维亚外长耶雷米奇表示，塞尔维亚将动用外交、经济和政治上的影响力，力争阻止科索沃的独立计划。 - Both sides should refrain from taking any actions that may undermine mutual trust or prejudge the outcome of negotiations.
双方都应避免采取任何可能破坏互信或预断谈判结果的行动。 - 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。 - They have not got the right to undermine the way we have helped this lad.
他们没有权利破坏我们和这个年轻人的关系。