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
undermine的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB （常指逐渐或反复）削弱，损害（情感、体制等）
  If youunderminesomething 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。
• VERB （常指间接地）削弱，损害，动摇（某人的地位或权威）
  If youunderminesomeone orunderminetheir 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。
• VERB 破坏，损害（某人的努力或成功的机会）
  If youunderminesomeone's efforts orunderminetheir 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。

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• All this often undermines the beauty of the game.
  这一切常常破坏了这项运动的美。
• 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。
• 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。