undermine

美音：[.ʌndər'maɪn] 英音：[.ʌndə(r)'maɪn]

简单释义：

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

网络暗中破坏；渐渐破坏；逐渐损害

变形：

第三人称单数：undermines 现在分词：undermining 过去式：undermined

完整释义：

1.掘…的下面,在…下面掘地道,暗掘;冲蚀;削弱…的基础;用阴险手段毁损,暗中破坏(名声等);伤害(健康等)
2.损害,败坏,损毁,破坏,害惨了
3.挖…墙角,暗中破坏;无形中摧毁
4.在...之下掘洞或地道;使从基础损坏:
5.掘空;侵蚀
6.削减
7.淘刷
8.底部淘空
9.底部冲刷
10.底切

1.洞穴
2.基蚀

例句：

Some US lawmakers and a top Saudi official have said the emails undermine the science of climate change.
美国一些立法者和沙特阿拉伯的一名高级官员说这些电子邮件破坏了气候变化的科学。
Other people or external forces over which you have no control seem to subtly undermine your efforts - or try to overpower you altogether.
你无法掌控他人或外界压力，他们会在无形中破坏你的努力，或者试图压倒你。
He suspected that members of his staff were purposely trying to undermine the project and prohibited them from access to some of the work.
他怀疑部份的职员蓄意地以阴险的手段去试着破坏计划，并且禁止他们接触若干作业。
HIV is not to undermine the human body organ, but the destruction of the body's immune system, resulting in multiple organ damage.
艾滋病病毒不是破坏人体的某一器官，而是破坏人体的免疫系统，从而造成多器官的损害。
His critics often cite an interview in which he reportedly said: "I'm trying to undermine the basis of Christian belief. "
他们经常引用普尔曼在一次访谈中所说的话：“我正在努力破坏基督教的信仰基础。”
In reply it might be said that this challenge to teachers does not undermine their authority unless they allow it to do so .
在回答中可以说，这对教师的挑战不会破坏他们的权力，除非他们允许它这样做。
Some French politicians suspect the United States of using Britain as a Trojan Horse to undermine the long-term aims of the European Union.
某些法国政治家怀疑美国想把英国作为破坏欧洲联盟长期目标的特洛伊木马。
Critics assert that this flow of genes helps to undermine any concept of species in microbes.
批评者认为这类基因流动无益于微生物的物种观念。

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