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

• Social media undermines this process.
  社交媒体破坏了这一进程。
• I suppose the kind of example I'm setting her is one which undermines authority.
  我想我现在为她树立的大概是个破坏权威的榜样吧。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• And if you go beyond it, aren't you being paternalistic that undermines your loving.
  如果你超越了这个，难道你不是家长式作风，你的爱逐渐消失了么？
• Family values, albeit flawed, built News Corp. Easy exit also undermines managers 'loyalty.
  家族价值观尽管存在缺陷，却造就了新闻集团（NewsCorp）。快进快出也有损于经理人的忠诚度。
• 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。