undermine
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ʌndə'maɪnˌʌndəˈmaɪn]
- 美式音标 [ˌʌn.dɚˈmaɪn]
- 国际音标 [,ʌndə'main]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vt.逐渐削弱；暗中损害；在...下挖；从根基处损害
词根记忆
- under(下，少) + mine(挖)→在下面挖墙脚→暗中破坏
- under(在…下) + mine(挖)→在下面挖→削弱；破坏
- under(在…下面) + mine(挖)→在下面挖→破坏
- under(在…下) + mine(挖)→挖墙角→暗中破坏
- under(在…下) + mine(挖)→在下面挖→破坏
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用法辨析
- undermine的基本意思是“削弱…的基础”,指逐渐地、常不被人察觉地破坏某一事物的根基,而使其遭到损坏,这种破坏可源于自然,也可源于人为破坏。
- undermine是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。
- undermine引申可作“损坏”解,这种损坏不是突然间的,而是有一个长期的过程,用作及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语。
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- Rivers undermine their banks.
河水冲刷堤基。
用作动词 (v.)
用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.
词组短语
- undermine authority 破坏威信
- undermine bank 冲刷堤基
- undermine confidence 丧失信心
- undermine friendship 破坏友谊
- undermine health 损害健康
用作动词 (v.)
～+名词
英英字典
- to make someone less confident, less powerful, or less likely to succeed, or to make something weaker, often gradually
- 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.
- If you undermine someone or undermine their position or authority, you make their authority or position less secure, often by indirect methods.
- 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.
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专业释义
- 危害
- 掏槽
- 掏槽
- 暗中破坏