橘子朗文词典

undermine

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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.逐漸削弱；暗中損害；在...下挖；從根基処損害

词根记忆

  • under(下，少) + mine(挖)→在下麪挖牆腳→暗中破壞
  • under(在…下) + mine(挖)→在下麪挖→削弱；破壞
  • under(在…下麪) + mine(挖)→在下麪挖→破壞
  • under(在…下) + mine(挖)→挖牆角→暗中破壞
  • under(在…下) + mine(挖)→在下麪挖→破壞

同根派生

     

用法辨析

    v. (動詞)

  • undermine的基本意思是“削弱…的基礎”,指逐漸地、常不被人察覺地破壞某一事物的根基,而使其遭到損壞,這種破壞可源於自然,也可源於人爲破壞。
  • undermine是及物動詞,接名詞或代詞作賓語,可用於被動結搆。
  • undermine引申可作“損壞”解,這種損壞不是突然間的,而是有一個長期的過程,用作及物動詞,接名詞或代詞作賓語。

英汉例句

    用作動詞 (v.)

    用作及物動詞: S+～+ n./pron.

  • Rivers undermine their banks.
    河水沖刷堤基。

词组短语

    用作動詞 (v.)

    ～+名詞

  • undermine authority 破壞威信
  • undermine bank 沖刷堤基
  • undermine confidence 喪失信心
  • undermine friendship 破壞友誼
  • undermine health 損害健康

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • to make someone less confident, less powerful, or less likely to succeed, or to make something weaker, often gradually

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • 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.

专业释义

    文學

  • 危害

    • 能源科學技術

  • 掏槽

    • 地球科學

  • 掏槽

    • 法學

  • 暗中破壞