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undermine

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[VERB]

    VERB. 动词
  • undermines , undermining , undermined

    1.?[T 及物动词] 逐渐削弱 , 逐渐动摇

    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.

    近义词

    weaken

    反义词

    strengthen

    双语例句

    例:

    Offering advice on each and every problem will undermine her feeling of being adult.

    就每个问题向她提出建议将会逐渐让她觉得自己不是个成年人。

    例:

    Popular culture has helped undermine elitist notions of high culture.

    流行文化能够动摇高雅文化的精英观念。

    例:

    The technological sophistication of the Bronzes undermined 19th-century Western European assumptions about primitive Africa.

    先进的青铜器技术动摇了19世纪西欧认为非洲原始落后的假想。

    2.?[T 及物动词] (通常以间接方式)动摇(某人的地位或权威)

    If you undermine someone or undermine their position or authority, you make their authority or position less secure, often by indirect methods.

    双语例句

    例:

    She undermined him and destroyed his confidence in his own talent.

    她动摇了他的地位,摧毁了他对自己才能的信心。

    例:

    Western intelligence agencies are accused of trying to undermine the government.

    西方间谍机构被指责试图颠覆该政府。

    3.?[T 及物动词] 破坏 , 损害(某人的努力或成功的机会)

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    The continued fighting threatens to undermine efforts to negotiate an agreement.

    持续的战斗有可能破坏通过谈判达成协议的努力。

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