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

• Furthermore, the special treatment undermines attempts to turn North Korea into a normal member of the international community.
  此外，在此事上对朝鲜的特殊对待，破坏了将朝鲜转变为国际社会正常一员的努力。
• 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 encyclical undermines their efforts.
  教皇通谕对他们的努力没有帮助。
• 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。
• Like America, China can still display a penchant for unilateralism that undermines all its careful diplomacy.
  象美国，中国仍然显示出对美国单边主义可能破坏中国小心翼翼的外交的一个倾向。
• 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。
• No country should expect us to swallow the bitter fruit that undermines our sovereignty, security and development interests.
  任何外国不要指望我们会吞下损害我国主权、安全、发展利益的苦果。
• 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 not only constitutes a serious threat to China's security and an obstacle to China's peaceful reunification, but also undermines peace and stability in Asia and the world at large.
  这不仅是对中国安全的严重威胁，为中国的和平统一事业设置障碍，也不利于亚洲和世界的和平与稳定。
• Cheating undermines confidence and independence: the cheater is a fraud, and knows that without dishonesty, he/ she would have failed.
  作弊会瓦解人的自信心和独立性：作弊者是个骗子，他/她知道如果不是通过不诚实的手段，自己已经失败了。