undermining

英 [ˌʌndəˈmaɪnɪŋ]

美 [ˌʌndərˈmaɪnɪŋ]

v.  逐渐削弱(信心、权威等); 使逐步减少效力; 从根基处破坏; 挖…的墙脚
undermine的现在分词

现在分词：undermining　复数：underminings　

BNC.33204 / COCA.24668

柯林斯词典

• VERB （常指逐渐或反复）削弱，损害（情感、体制等）
  If youunderminesomething 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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• VERB （常指间接地）削弱，损害，动摇（某人的地位或权威）
  If youunderminesomeone orunderminetheir position or authority, you make their authority or position less secure, often by indirect methods.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• VERB 破坏，损害（某人的努力或成功的机会）
  If youunderminesomeone's efforts orunderminetheir chances of achieving something, you behave in a way that makes them less likely to succeed.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• It risks undermining gains made in agriculture, health, and infrastructure.
  它有可能消弱在农业、健康和基础设施方面取得的收益。
• After all, he's a department head, and we ought to avoid any suggestion of undermining his authority.
  毕竟他是该部门的主任，而我们又不可能建议削减他的职权。
• These investors say that concerns about widespread insider trading are undermining confidence in the Japanese market.
  这些投资者表示，对内幕交易泛滥的担心正影响着投资者对日本市场的信心。
• Disobeying or undermining the political and religious governors of this information was severely punished.
  信息表明违反和破坏政治约束和宗教统治者的管理就要受到严厉的惩罚。
• Unfortunately, Beijing's actions are sometimes regarded as undermining its own apparent strategy.
  不幸的是，北京的行动有时被认为破坏了自己的明显战略。
• Some commentators say the American emphasis on winning at all costs is undermining sportsmanship and good manners.
  有些评论家认为，美国人强调要不惜一切代价赢得比赛，因而损害了运动员的道德和良好举止；
• That's undermining jobs directly.
  这是直接破坏工作。
• I know that some in China believe that greater freedom could threaten economic progress by undermining social stability.
  我知道，在中国有人认为扩大自由会破坏社会稳定，从而威胁经济发展。
• Brennan said transnational crime threatens the world economy because criminals damage and distort financial systems by entering markets and undermining legitimate competition and market integrity.
  布伦南表示，跨国犯罪威胁世界经济，因为罪犯们通过进入市场、破坏合法竞争与市场完整性而损害并扭曲了金融系统。
• Officials said the attack was aimed at undermining the peace process between the two countries.
  官方人员声称此次袭击目的在于暗中破坏两国之间的和平进程。