| 正面 | 3726.undermine 英 [ʌndə'maɪn]美 ['ʌndɚ'maɪn]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. 谐音“湿外套”------出汗过后，自然会把外套弄湿。2. sweater (汗衫) => sweat.vt. 破坏，渐渐破坏；挖掘地基 例句： 1. This may help to undermine the brittle truce that currently exists.这也许会火上浇油，破坏当前脆弱不稳的休战局面。 undermine 削弱under-, 在下面，mine, 挖矿，挖坑。比喻义削弱根基，削弱。 undermine (v.)c. 1300, undermyne, "render unstable by digging at the foundation," from under + mine (v.). The figurative sense "injure by invisible, secret, or dishonorable means" is attested from early 15c. Similar formation in Dutch ondermijnen, Danish underminere, German unterminiren. The Old English verb was underdelfan. Related: Undermined; undermining." |