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

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

• 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。
• This crisis has undermined his position.
  这场危机已损害了他的地位。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The wicked clique undermined the government and the state was thrown into turmoil.
  奸党乱政，国无宁日。
• 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。