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

• 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。
• All of this undermines the diagnosis that Big Pharma should accept that research is somebody else's job.
  上述种种都破坏了大制药公司应该同意的一个看法，即研究是别人的事。
• It is this persistent propaganda that undermines real progress in black-white relations.
  正是这种一贯的宣传阻碍了黑人与白人关系的真正进展。
• It undermines cohesion and creates dissension.
  这件事会破坏团结，制造纠纷。
• 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。
• The illicit drug trade also undermines governance, institutions and societal cohesion.
  非法贩运毒品也削弱治理、机构和社会凝聚力。
• This construction violates previous agreements and undermines efforts to achieve peace.
  这个建筑违背了之前的约定，破坏了追求和平的努力。
• All this often undermines the beauty of the game.
  这一切常常破坏了这项运动的美。
• But it can backfire if it's perceived as'micromanaging'an employee, and undermines his or her self-confidence.
  但如果这种风格被认为对员工管得太死，损害了员工的自信，则会适得其反。
• 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。