英 [ˌʌndəˈmaɪn] 美 [ˌʌndərˈmaɪn]
v. 逐渐削弱（损害）；故意破坏（某人）的形象（或威信）；在……下面挖，（尤指）从根基处损坏
第三人称单数undermines
现在分词undermining
过去式undermined
过去分词undermined
undermine /ˌʌndəˈmaɪn/ CET4 TEM4 [ undermining undermined undermines ]
及物动词 If you undermine something 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. 逐渐削弱; 逐渐动摇
Offering advice on each and every problem will undermine her feeling of being adult.
每个问题都为她提出忠告会逐渐削弱她的成年意识。
及物动词 If you undermine someone or undermine their position or authority, you make their authority or position less secure, often by indirect methods. (通常以间接方式) 动摇 (某人的地位或权威)
She undermined him and destroyed his confidence in his own talent.
她动摇了他的地位，摧毁了他对自己才能的信心。
及物动词 If you undermine someone's efforts or undermine their chances of achieving something, you behave in a way that makes them less likely to succeed. 破坏; 损害 (某人的努力或成功的机会)
The continued fighting threatens to undermine efforts to negotiate an agreement.
持续的战斗有可能破坏通过谈判达成协议的努力。
destroy property or hinder normal operations
同义词： sabotage / countermine / counteract / subvert / weaken
hollow out as if making a cave or opening
同义词： cave
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参考来源期刊学术社区
暗中破坏
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当你用Absorb(吸收)或Undermine(暗中破坏)去反击Urza's Rage(克萨之怒)的时候,会发生什么事?
... underdeveloped adj.不发达的 undermine v.破坏;诋毁;危害 understate v.保守的说;有意轻描淡写 ...
He accused me of slandering him and trying to undermine his position.
他指控我诽谤他并想削弱他的地位。
The prosecution did its best to undermine the credibility of the witness.
原告竭力削弱证人的可信性。
The continued fighting threatens to undermine efforts to negotiate an agreement.
持续的战斗有可能破坏通过谈判达成协议的努力。
But American Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner says: "Without growth now, deficits will rise further and undermine future growth."
VOA : special.2010.06.25
But it's a difficult claim because even as Milton makes this claim, he manages to undermine its force.
但这是困难的，因为即便是弥尔顿做出了这一宣告，他也打算降低它所蕴含的威力。
弥尔顿课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
The notion of autonomy, the notion of the freedom of the poem from any kind of dependence in the world, is something that is very easy to undermine critically.
自主的观念，世界上各种,独立的诗的自由，很容易被破坏。
文学理论导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
"I believe this war to be a tragic failure that continues to undermine rather than advance our national security interests."
VOA : standard.2010.07.30
TV loves a ruckus," Some Democrats are hitting back, accusing some of the protestors of trying to undermine democracy.
VOA : standard.2009.08.17
"I fought off attempts to undermine the British rebate and the rebate is safe, " he said.
It is a distortion of reality that can undermine our decisions and alienate our teams.
Heath helped undermine his day's international monetary system by attacking the dollar on foreign-exchange markets.