underlie

英 [ˌʌndəˈlaɪ]

美 [ˌʌndərˈlaɪ]

v.  构成…的基础; 作为…的原因

现在分词：underlying　过去式：underlay　过去分词：underlay　第三人称单数：underlies　

考研TOEFLTEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.5797 / COCA.7604

牛津词典

verb

• 构成…的基础；作为…的原因
  to be the basis or cause of sth
  1. These ideas underlie much of his work.
     他的作品大部分都是以这些主题思想为基础。
  2. It is a principle that underlies all the party's policies.
     这是贯穿该党各项政策的一条准则。

柯林斯词典

• See also:Try to figure out what feeling underlies your anger....the energy which seems to underlie all human success.underlying

英英释义

verb

• be or form the base for
• lie underneath

双语例句

• Attitudes: Attitudes underlie the way we behave and communicate and the way we interpret messages from others.
  态度：态度是我们行为处事和沟通的基础，同样也是我们从别人那获得信息的基础。
• International Circulation: The mechanisms that underlie adverse cardiovascular outcomes in diabetic patients have not been well characterized.
  《国际循环》：糖尿病患者心脏疾病预后不佳的机制还不清楚。
• We support the broad aims which underlie this bill.
  我们支持构成这一议案基础的大致目标。
• Does some personal difficulty underlie his lack of interest in work?
  是否有某种个人困难引致他对工作缺乏兴趣？
• They went so far as to question and thoroughly analyze the basic assumptions that underlie how fighters are judged and compared.
  他们对于基本功能的置疑和透彻分析是如此的深入以至于它们成为了如何在战斗机之间进行评断和比较的基础。
• Over the past two decades, molecular neuroscientists have identified key molecules and mechanisms that underlie synapse development, activity and stability.
  在过去的二十年中，分子神经科学家已确定的关键分子和机制，突触发育，活性和稳定性的基础。
• These assignments will encourage you to ask questions, to consider the assumptions and definitions that underlie a conflict, to analyze and argue.
  这些作业将会鼓励你提出问题、在与合理性有所冲突的基础上考虑其假设和定义，来进行分析和论证。
• The secretary said the poverty and instability in Somalia that underlie the piracy problem are not being forgotten.
  克林顿国务卿说，潜伏在海盗问题下面的索马里的贫困和不稳定没有被忘记。
• This developmental flexibility may underlie the developmental and evolutionary diversity in tooth patterning.
  这种发育的可调控性可能说明在牙齿发育和进化过程中的多样性。
• Try to figure out what feeling underlies your anger.
  努力找出你的愤怒之下潜藏的情感。