undermines

英 [ˌʌndəˈmaɪnz] 美 [ˌʌndərˈmaɪnz]

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
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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. They argue that the amendment undermines Canadian federalism.
    他们认为该修正案损害了加拿大联邦制。
  2. Any disease which undermines a man's general health will interfere with his sperm production
    任何有损男性整体健康状况的疾病都会影响精子的产生。
  3. But it can backfire if it's perceived as'micromanaging'an employee, and undermines his or her self-confidence.
    但如果这种风格被认为对员工管得太死，损害了员工的自信，则会适得其反。
  4. This largely undermines the value of the DMZ.
    这极大地破坏了DMZ的价值。
  5. This undermines the value of the database's native access control and auditing function.
    这会对数据库本机访问控制和审核功能的价值带来影响。
  6. This construction violates previous agreements and undermines efforts to achieve peace.
    这个建筑违背了之前的约定，破坏了追求和平的努力。
  7. No country should expect us to swallow the bitter fruit that undermines our sovereignty, security and development interests.
    任何外国不要指望我们会吞下损害我国主权、安全、发展利益的苦果。
  8. Cheating undermines confidence and independence: the cheater is a fraud, and knows that without dishonesty, he/ she would have failed.
    作弊会瓦解人的自信心和独立性：作弊者是个骗子，他/她知道如果不是通过不诚实的手段，自己已经失败了。
  9. The encyclical undermines their efforts.
    教皇通谕对他们的努力没有帮助。
  10. Their continued existence undermines the international credibility of US support for free trade.
    这些法规的持续存在侵蚀了美国支持自由贸易的国际信誉。
  11. Momentum also undermines China's regional charm offensives.
    发展势头也削弱了中国的区域魅力攻势。
  12. When we feel stressed we often feel out of control of the situation-which undermines our self confidence.
    当我们倍感压力时通常也会感到自己对场面失去了控制&这会打击我们的自信心。
  13. All this often undermines the beauty of the game.
    这一切常常破坏了这项运动的美。
  14. This fear could easily be self-fulfilling, because it weakens confidence and further undermines the case for additional stimulus.
    这种担心很容易自我实现，因为它会打击信心，进而削弱政府出台新刺激政策的理由。
  15. Protectionism clearly undermines the notion of an open and efficient market.
    保护主义显然破坏了开放和高效率市场的概念。
  16. The illicit drug trade also undermines governance, institutions and societal cohesion.
    非法贩运毒品也削弱治理、机构和社会凝聚力。
  17. Social media undermines this process.
    社交媒体破坏了这一进程。
  18. In addition, civil rights groups oppose the measure on grounds it undermines privacy rights.
    另外，公民权利组织也反对该法案的实施，因为它破坏了隐私权。
  19. Like America, China can still display a penchant for unilateralism that undermines all its careful diplomacy.
    象美国，中国仍然显示出对美国单边主义可能破坏中国小心翼翼的外交的一个倾向。
  20. This not only constitutes a serious threat to China's security and an obstacle to China's peaceful reunification, but also undermines peace and stability in Asia and the world at large.
    这不仅是对中国安全的严重威胁，为中国的和平统一事业设置障碍，也不利于亚洲和世界的和平与稳定。
  21. The criminalization of politics undermines our very system. I am very disappointed.
    有政治动机的定罪破坏我们的司法体系，对此我感到非常失望。
  22. All of this undermines the diagnosis that Big Pharma should accept that research is somebody else's job.
    上述种种都破坏了大制药公司应该同意的一个看法，即研究是别人的事。
  23. Furthermore, the special treatment undermines attempts to turn North Korea into a normal member of the international community.
    此外，在此事上对朝鲜的特殊对待，破坏了将朝鲜转变为国际社会正常一员的努力。
  24. It is this persistent propaganda that undermines real progress in black-white relations.
    正是这种一贯的宣传阻碍了黑人与白人关系的真正进展。
  25. Family values, albeit flawed, built News Corp. Easy exit also undermines managers 'loyalty.
    家族价值观尽管存在缺陷，却造就了新闻集团（NewsCorp）。快进快出也有损于经理人的忠诚度。
  26. It undermines cohesion and creates dissension.
    这件事会破坏团结，制造纠纷。
  27. Moreover, ongoing warfare undermines the economic and social preconditions for restoring any meaningful political order in Libya.
    此外，眼下进行的战争会削弱在利比亚重塑政治秩序的经济及社会前提。
  28. And if you go beyond it, aren't you being paternalistic that undermines your loving.
    如果你超越了这个，难道你不是家长式作风，你的爱逐渐消失了么？
  29. Corruption also undermines economic development by generating considerable distortions and inefficiency.
    腐败还破坏了经济发展产生相当大的扭曲和效率低下。
  30. I suppose the kind of example I'm setting her is one which undermines authority.
    我想我现在为她树立的大概是个破坏权威的榜样吧。
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