undermines

英 [ˌʌndəˈmaɪnz]

美 [ˌʌndərˈmaɪnz]

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
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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

• Protectionism clearly undermines the notion of an open and efficient market.
  保护主义显然破坏了开放和高效率市场的概念。
• Moreover, ongoing warfare undermines the economic and social preconditions for restoring any meaningful political order in Libya.
  此外，眼下进行的战争会削弱在利比亚重塑政治秩序的经济及社会前提。
• This fear could easily be self-fulfilling, because it weakens confidence and further undermines the case for additional stimulus.
  这种担心很容易自我实现，因为它会打击信心，进而削弱政府出台新刺激政策的理由。
• Corruption also undermines economic development by generating considerable distortions and inefficiency.
  腐败还破坏了经济发展产生相当大的扭曲和效率低下。
• They argue that the amendment undermines Canadian federalism.
  他们认为该修正案损害了加拿大联邦制。
• The criminalization of politics undermines our very system. I am very disappointed.
  有政治动机的定罪破坏我们的司法体系，对此我感到非常失望。
• When we feel stressed we often feel out of control of the situation-which undermines our self confidence.
  当我们倍感压力时通常也会感到自己对场面失去了控制&这会打击我们的自信心。
• This largely undermines the value of the DMZ.
  这极大地破坏了DMZ的价值。
• Momentum also undermines China's regional charm offensives.
  发展势头也削弱了中国的区域魅力攻势。
• Any disease which undermines a man's general health will interfere with his sperm production
  任何有损男性整体健康状况的疾病都会影响精子的产生。