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
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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

• 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。
• Cheating undermines confidence and independence: the cheater is a fraud, and knows that without dishonesty, he/ she would have failed.
  作弊会瓦解人的自信心和独立性：作弊者是个骗子，他/她知道如果不是通过不诚实的手段，自己已经失败了。
• Any disease which undermines a man's general health will interfere with his sperm production
  任何有损男性整体健康状况的疾病都会影响精子的产生。
• In addition, civil rights groups oppose the measure on grounds it undermines privacy rights.
  另外，公民权利组织也反对该法案的实施，因为它破坏了隐私权。
• The encyclical undermines their efforts.
  教皇通谕对他们的努力没有帮助。
• The illicit drug trade also undermines governance, institutions and societal cohesion.
  非法贩运毒品也削弱治理、机构和社会凝聚力。
• It is this persistent propaganda that undermines real progress in black-white relations.
  正是这种一贯的宣传阻碍了黑人与白人关系的真正进展。
• 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。
• 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。
• No country should expect us to swallow the bitter fruit that undermines our sovereignty, security and development interests.
  任何外国不要指望我们会吞下损害我国主权、安全、发展利益的苦果。