undergird

v.  从底层加固;(从底层)支持;加强

现在分词:undergirding复数:undergirds过去式:undergirded第三人称单数:undergirds过去分词:undergirded

GRE



双语例句

  1. Challenges like these present an opportunity for China to demonstrate that its emergence is consistent with the global rules, norms, and institutions that undergird global peace and security.
    此类挑战为中国提供机会,显示它的兴起与全球规则、规范及构成全球和平稳定基础的各种制度相一致。
  2. It is our brains that are responsible for the complex social organization and the accumulation of technical, economic and scientific advances that, for better and worse, undergird modern civilization.
    正是我们的大脑才出现了复杂的社会组织、技术、经济、科学进步的积累不管怎么说,都是这些才奠定了当代文明。
  3. At this point, China is de facto relying upon the US to undergird regional security and to maintain the freedom of the sea lanes on which it depends for its own oil imports.
    目前,中国实际上正依赖美国巩固地区安全,并维持中国石油进口所依赖的海上航线的自由。

英英释义

verb

  1. make secure underneath
    1. undergird the ship

    Synonym:    brace up

  2. lend moral support to