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

• World leaders have an interest in ensuring that these issues are resolved without undermining the open trading system.
  确保这些问题在不损害开放贸易体系的前提下得到解决，符合各国领导人的利益。
• By punishing Russia economically, the US and Europe are undermining the open international system.
  通过在经济上惩罚俄罗斯，美国和欧洲正在破坏开放的国际体系。
• House prices are now dropping in most large cities, further undermining consumer confidence.
  如今，多数大城市的房价都在下跌，这进一步挫伤了消费者信心。
• 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。
• We should be in a position of encouraging confidence, not undermining it.
  我们应当立足于鼓励建立信心，而不是破坏它。
• Telling them they are late could be seen as undermining their position over you.
  告诉老板他们迟到了可能被看成你在藐视他们的地位。
• 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。
• Teachers have launched a devastating attack on, accusing many of failing in their responsibilities and undermining.
  教师们对家长们发起了一场猛烈的抨击，指责他们没有尽到自身的责任并且破坏了学校教育。
• 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。
• 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。