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Undermine Make Verb 动词   [V N Confidence ˌʌndəˈmaɪn

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/ʌ̱ndə(r)ma͟ɪn/
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[VERB 动词](常指逐渐或反复)削弱,损害(情感、体制等) If you undermine something 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.
  [V n]
  • 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。

  • 2
    [VERB 动词](常指间接地)削弱,损害,动摇(某人的地位或权威) If you undermine someone or undermine their position or authority, you make their authority or position less secure, often by indirect methods.
      [V n]
  • 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。

  • 3
    [VERB 动词]破坏,损害(某人的努力或成功的机会) If you undermine someone's efforts or undermine their chances of achieving something, you behave in a way that makes them less likely to succeed.
      [V n]
  • 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。


  • Oxford
    under·mine / ˌʌndəˈmaɪn ; NAmE ˌʌndərˈmaɪn / verb 1 underminesth to make sth, especially sb's confidence or authority, gradually weaker or less effective 逐渐削弱(信心、权威等);使逐步减少效力 Our confidence in the team has been seriously undermined by their recent defeats. 他们最近的几次失败已严重动摇了我们对该队的信心。 This crisis has undermined his position. 这场危机已损害了他的地位。 2 underminesth to make sth weaker at the base, for example by digging under it 从根基处破坏;挖…的墙脚 undermine undermines undermined undermining under·mine / ˌʌndəˈmaɪn ; NAmE ˌʌndərˈmaɪn /
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    undermineun‧der‧mine /ˌʌndəˈmaɪn $ -ər-/ ●●○ verb [transitive]
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    to gradually make someone or something less strong or effective:  economic policies that threaten to undermine the health care systemundermine somebody’s confidence/authority/position/credibility etc The constant criticism was beginning to undermine her confidence. see thesaurus at
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