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Underlie Lie Attested German 7738.Underlie 英 ʌndə'Laɪ]美 ʌndɚ'Laɪ

正面 7738.underlie
英 [ʌndə'laɪ]美 [,ʌndɚ'laɪ]

背面
释义:
vt. 成为……的基础;位于……之下
例句:
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。

facade: 浮纱的,表面上浮着一层纱的,掩盖了真实的面目----(虚伪)外表。

underlie (v.)Old English under licgan "to be subordinate to, to submit to;" see under + lie (v.2). Meaning "to lie under or beneath" is attested from c. 1600; figurative sense of "to be the basis of" is attested from 1852 (implied in underlying). Similar formation in Old High German untarliggan; German unterliegen."

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