undermined

英 [ˌʌndəˈmaɪnd] 美 [ˌʌndərˈmaɪnd]

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
undermine的过去分词和过去式

过去式：undermined

COCA.43000

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  1. VERB （常指逐渐或反复）削弱，损害（情感、体制等）
    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.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
  2. VERB （常指间接地）削弱，损害，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.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
  3. VERB 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.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
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双语例句

  1. The authority of his voice is undermined by the smallness of his build.
    瘦小的身形削弱了他声音中的权威感。
  2. She felt undermined by the implied criticism.
    她觉得这一含沙射影的批评对自己造成了不利影响。
  3. The Secretary of Defence has said that he would not stand by and let democracy be undermined
    国防部长已经表示自己不会坐视民主遭到破坏。
  4. 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。
  5. The wicked clique undermined the government and the state was thrown into turmoil.
    奸党乱政，国无宁日。
  6. Yet this encouraging initiative is already being undermined by some premature bilateral posturing.
    但双方过早地摆出了一些姿态，从而对这项令人鼓舞的工作产生了不利影响。
  7. Hence the ability to sustain improvement is similarly undermined.
    因此，持续改进的能力类似于别破坏了。
  8. The financial crisis has undermined the lure of open markets.
    金融危机削弱了公开市场的吸引力。
  9. Every position has been successfully undermined and abandoned on specious and plausible excuses.
    我提出的每一个立场都被他们成功地以似是而非的借口破坏和推翻。
  10. A succession of scandals and revelations has undermined the government over the past year.
    去年一连串丑闻和揭露损害了政府的威望。
  11. The Napoleonic Wars and oppression of the Napoleonic regime, undermined France's creative life.
    拿破仑战争和拿破仑政权的压迫，破坏了法国的创意生活。
  12. However, their applications are often undermined by their relatively low impact resistances.
    然而其相对较低的抗冲击性能限制了它们的应用潜力。
  13. High unemployment rate, worse still, has undermined the social stability.
    更为糟糕的是，居高不下的失业率破坏了社会稳定。
  14. Business confidence has been undermined by the recent string of political scandals.
    商业信心被最近一系列的政治丑闻破坏了。
  15. It was reward for failure, which undermined a central premise of free markets.
    这分明是在奖励失败，破坏了自由市场的一个核心前提。
  16. This crisis has undermined his position.
    这场危机已损害了他的地位。
  17. The crisis has undermined the relationship between voters and elected politicians in many countries.
    在许多国家中，这场危机使选民与民选政治家的关系遭到破坏。
  18. Falling home sales and housing prices have undermined the value of mortgage-backed securities throughout this crisis.
    在整个危机中，房产销售量价齐跌破坏了抵押贷款支持证券的价值。
  19. Some say this has also undermined their appeal for many former patrons.
    一些酒吧表示，这也削弱了它们对许多老顾客的吸引力。
  20. Mice had undermined the foundations of the church.
    老鼠破坏了教堂的地基。
  21. The landowners resented government measures which undermined their authority.
    地主对政府削弱他们权威的措施不满。
  22. The US administration has undermined the credibility of international organizations, particularly the United Nations and its security council.
    美国的管理破坏了国际组织的信誉，特别是联合国及其安理会的信誉。
  23. Disloyalty and betrayal have undermined resistance throughout the war.
    在整个战争时期，不忠和背叛使抵抗遭到破坏。
  24. This clumsy flip-flop has severely undermined the credibility of Thailand's economic policymakers.
    朝令夕改严重的打击了投资者对泰国经济政策的信心。
  25. The new contracts have undermined the confidence of employees.
    新的合同动摇了雇员们的信心。
  26. The bad cold had undermined her health.
    重感冒损伤了她的健康。她的情感受到了伤害。
  27. But lack of oversight has undermined this benefit.
    但缺乏监管破坏了这一好处。
  28. The economic tension even undermined support in both countries for America's security alliance with Japan.
    经济矛盾甚至破坏了美日两国对美日安全同盟的支持。
  29. The huge administrative costs have not only increased the governments'financial burden, but also undermined governments'image.
    庞大的行政成本不仅加重了政府的财政负担，而且损害了政府形象。
  30. The offshore secrecy system has been a main element of the opacity that has undermined corporate and financial regulation.
    离岸保密制度是破坏了企业及金融监管的不透明性的一个主要因素。
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