新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

undermineIELTS重点词汇

英 [ˌʌndəˈmaɪn]

[VERB]

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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。