undermining
英 [ˌʌndəˈmaɪnɪŋ]
美 [ˌʌndərˈmaɪnɪŋ]
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的现在分词
现在分词:undermining 复数:underminings
BNC.33204 / COCA.24668
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.- 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。 - 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。
- Offering advice on each and every problem will undermine her feeling of being adult...
- 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.- 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。 - 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。
- She undermined him and destroyed his confidence in his own talent...
- 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.- 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。 - 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。
- The continued fighting threatens to undermine efforts to negotiate an agreement...
双语例句
- But one university psychologist has warned this is wreaking havoc with our self-image and undermining our sense of self-worth.
但是一位大学心理学家警告说,这种名人崇拜将会严重干扰我们对自我形象的认识、破坏我们的自我价值感。 - After all, he's a department head, and we ought to avoid any suggestion of undermining his authority.
毕竟他是该部门的主任,而我们又不可能建议削减他的职权。 - Traditional management models don't tell leaders how to support their Agile teams without undermining their emerging self-organisation.
传统管理模式并没有告诉领导者,如何去支持其敏捷团队,又不削弱他们浮现出的自组织。 - Moral hazard the undermining of incentives will be averted: a strong message will be sent.
道德风险激励政策受到削弱将得以避免:这将传递一个强大的信息。 - House prices are now dropping in most large cities, further undermining consumer confidence.
如今,多数大城市的房价都在下跌,这进一步挫伤了消费者信心。 - It risks undermining gains made in agriculture, health, and infrastructure.
它有可能消弱在农业、健康和基础设施方面取得的收益。 - These investors say that concerns about widespread insider trading are undermining confidence in the Japanese market.
这些投资者表示,对内幕交易泛滥的担心正影响着投资者对日本市场的信心。 - Some commentators say the American emphasis on winning at all costs is undermining sportsmanship and good manners.
有些评论家认为,美国人强调要不惜一切代价赢得比赛,因而损害了运动员的道德和良好举止; - But if you have these responses when you are grown up, the past is undermining the present.
但是,如果当你已经成年,会做出这些响应,那么过去正在影响到了现在。 - Telling them they are late could be seen as undermining their position over you.
告诉老板他们迟到了可能被看成你在藐视他们的地位。