；为…的起因；构成…的基础 If something underlies a feeling or situation, it is the cause or basis of it.
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Try to figure out what feeling underlies your anger.
努力找出你的愤怒之下潜藏的情感。
...the energy which seems to underlie all human success.
人类一切成功背后似乎都不可缺少的干劲
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under·lieAWL/ˌʌndəˈlaɪ; NAmEˌʌndərˈlaɪ/verb(under·lying,under·lay/ˌʌndəˈleɪ; NAmEˌʌndərˈleɪ/under·lain/ˌʌndəˈleɪn; NAmEˌʌndərˈleɪn/)[no passive ]underliesth ( formal) to be the basis or cause of sth 构成…的基础；作为…的原因◆These ideas underlie much of his work.他的作品大部份都是以这些主题思想为基础。◆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。☞see also
underlieun‧der‧lie /ˌʌndəˈlaɪ $ -ər-/AWL verb (past tense underlay /-ˈleɪ/, past participle underlain /-ˈleɪn/, present participle underlying, third person singular underlies) [transitive] formal
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to be the cause of something, or be the basic thing from which something develops: the one basic principle that underlies all of the party’s policies →
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