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

同根派生

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用法辨析

v. (动词)

• 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。

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英汉例句

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.

• Rivers undermine their banks.
  河水冲刷堤基。

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词组短语

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• 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

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• 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.

• undermine剑桥字典
• undermine柯林斯字典

专业释义

文学

• 危害

能源科学技术

• 掏槽

地球科学

• 掏槽

法学

• 暗中破坏