undermines
英 [ˌʌndəˈmaɪnz]
美 [ˌʌndərˈmaɪnz]
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
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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...
双语例句
- Momentum also undermines China's regional charm offensives.
发展势头也削弱了中国的区域魅力攻势。 - I suppose the kind of example I'm setting her is one which undermines authority.
我想我现在为她树立的大概是个破坏权威的榜样吧。 - The illicit drug trade also undermines governance, institutions and societal cohesion.
非法贩运毒品也削弱治理、机构和社会凝聚力。 - They argue that the amendment undermines Canadian federalism.
他们认为该修正案损害了加拿大联邦制。 - Their continued existence undermines the international credibility of US support for free trade.
这些法规的持续存在侵蚀了美国支持自由贸易的国际信誉。 - This not only constitutes a serious threat to China's security and an obstacle to China's peaceful reunification, but also undermines peace and stability in Asia and the world at large.
这不仅是对中国安全的严重威胁,为中国的和平统一事业设置障碍,也不利于亚洲和世界的和平与稳定。 - The criminalization of politics undermines our very system. I am very disappointed.
有政治动机的定罪破坏我们的司法体系,对此我感到非常失望。 - Social media undermines this process.
社交媒体破坏了这一进程。 - In addition, civil rights groups oppose the measure on grounds it undermines privacy rights.
另外,公民权利组织也反对该法案的实施,因为它破坏了隐私权。 - Furthermore, the special treatment undermines attempts to turn North Korea into a normal member of the international community.
此外,在此事上对朝鲜的特殊对待,破坏了将朝鲜转变为国际社会正常一员的努力。