underpinned

英 [ˌʌndəˈpɪnd]

美 [ˌʌndərˈpɪnd]

v.  加强，巩固，构成(…的基础等); 加固(墙)基
underpin的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 加强…的基础；巩固；支撑
  If one thingunderpinsanother, it helps the other thing to continue or succeed by supporting and strengthening it.
  1. ...mystical themes that underpin all religions...
     支撑所有宗教的神秘主题
  2. ...the beliefs underpinning contemporary art.
     支撑现代艺术的一些观念
  3. ...a style of life extensively underpinned by public money.
     极度依赖公款支出的生活方式

双语例句

• Similar concerns underpinned the 2008 launch of a commission on the measurement of economic performance and social progress by President Nicolas Sarkozy of France.
  类似的担心促使法国总统尼古拉萨科齐（nicolassarkozy）在2008年成立了一个委员会，负责衡量经济表现和社会进步。
• A surveyor said that the problems were caused by subsidence and the house needed to be underpinned.
  一名勘测员说是地面下陷导致了这些问题出现，房子需要加固地基。
• Upbeat comments from central bank officials in Australia and China about their countries 'economies underpinned the positive view of the region.
  澳大利亚和中国的央行官员针对本国经济的乐观评论，支持了人们对亚太地区的积极看法。
• These developments are underpinned by solid progress in heavy industry.
  重工业的稳固发展为这些进展打下了基础。
• Gradually the laws that underpinned apartheid were abolished.
  渐渐地，支撑种族隔离制度的法律被废除了。
• His principled stance and the moral force that underpinned it were decisive in dismantling the system of apartheid.
  在废除种族隔离制度的过程中，他的原则立场以及支撑这一立场的道义力量发挥了决定性的作用。
• Growth is underpinned by reform, Mr Paulson said.
  保尔森表示：改革将支撑经济增长。
• We could sustain the single market, underpinned by institutions that match the integration of financial firms.
  有适应金融企业一体化的制度作支持，我们可以维持单一市场。
• Property prices had remained stable and share prices had risen, underpinned by supportive monetary conditions.
  物业价格维持稳定，股价则在有利的货币状况支持下上升。
• That growing indifference seems to have underpinned a longer-term trend.
  股民们越来越缺乏兴趣，似乎支持了一种更长期的趋势。