undermine

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📖 中文释义

  1. vt. 在...下面挖, 渐渐破坏, 暗地里破坏
  2. [法] 暗中破坏, 以阴谋中伤伤害

🧩 词形变化

过去分词 undermined现在分词 undermining第三人称单数 undermines过去式 undermined

💬 双语例句

  1. No strategy to undermine holdouts can also mean no restructuring at all, which could mean chaos or even a failed state.

  2. Suspending the ICC’s work in this way would undermine its potential for deterrence, one of the purposes for which it was established.

    以这种方式中止国际刑事法院的工作,会削弱法院的威慑力量,这种威慑力就是该法院成立的目的之一。 推迟对巴希尔案件的审理,将严重损害在世界范围已逐渐深入人心的一条重要原则,即任何人都不能凌驾于法律之上。

  3. So how can countries ensure that putting public policy to a direct vote does not undermine the quality of decision-making in a representative democracy?

🔵 同义词

🔗 常用搭配

undermine the credibilityundermine economicway to undermineundermine fragileundermine globalundermine humanundermine productivityundermine social
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
  1. v destroy property or hinder normal operations
  2. v hollow out as if making a cave or opening