undermine
音標發(fā)音
- 英式音標 [?nd?'ma?n??nd??ma?n]
- 美式音標 [??n.d??ma?n]
- 國際音標 [,?nd?'main]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- vt.逐漸削弱；暗中損害；在...下挖；從根基処損害
詞根記憶
- 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
用法辨析
- 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。
v. (動詞)
詞組短語
- 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
用作動詞 (v.)
～+名詞
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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專業(yè)釋義
- 危害
- 掏槽
- 掏槽
- 暗中破壞