undermined

英 [ˌʌndəˈmaɪnd]

美 [ˌʌndərˈmaɪnd]

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的过去分词和过去式

过去式：undermined　

COCA.43000

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

• High unemployment rate, worse still, has undermined the social stability.
  更为糟糕的是，居高不下的失业率破坏了社会稳定。
• It was reward for failure, which undermined a central premise of free markets.
  这分明是在奖励失败，破坏了自由市场的一个核心前提。
• The authority of his voice is undermined by the smallness of his build.
  瘦小的身形削弱了他声音中的权威感。
• The Napoleonic Wars and oppression of the Napoleonic regime, undermined France's creative life.
  拿破仑战争和拿破仑政权的压迫，破坏了法国的创意生活。
• Disloyalty and betrayal have undermined resistance throughout the war.
  在整个战争时期，不忠和背叛使抵抗遭到破坏。
• The bad cold had undermined her health.
  重感冒损伤了她的健康。她的情感受到了伤害。
• The financial crisis has undermined the lure of open markets.
  金融危机削弱了公开市场的吸引力。
• The crisis has undermined the relationship between voters and elected politicians in many countries.
  在许多国家中，这场危机使选民与民选政治家的关系遭到破坏。
• The huge administrative costs have not only increased the governments'financial burden, but also undermined governments'image.
  庞大的行政成本不仅加重了政府的财政负担，而且损害了政府形象。
• A succession of scandals and revelations has undermined the government over the past year.
  去年一连串丑闻和揭露损害了政府的威望。