undermining

英 [ˌʌndəˈmaɪnɪŋ]

美 [ˌʌndərˈmaɪnɪŋ]

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的现在分词

现在分词：undermining　复数：underminings　

BNC.33204 / COCA.24668

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

• Teachers have launched a devastating attack on, accusing many of failing in their responsibilities and undermining.
  教师们对家长们发起了一场猛烈的抨击，指责他们没有尽到自身的责任并且破坏了学校教育。
• Some lawmakers expressed frustration about continued terrorist safe havens in Pakistan that are undermining NATO efforts in Afghanistan.
  一些议员对巴基斯坦继续成为恐怖分子的安全藏身处而破坏北约在阿富汗的工作感到挫折。
• But if you have these responses when you are grown up, the past is undermining the present.
  但是，如果当你已经成年，会做出这些响应，那么过去正在影响到了现在。
• For more than a century, americans have debated how far the federal government should go to prevent dominant companies from undermining economic competition.
  一个多世纪以来，美国人一直在争论联邦政府在阻止垄断公司破坏经济竞争方面究竟有多大权限。
• Some commentators say the American emphasis on winning at all costs is undermining sportsmanship and good manners.
  有些评论家认为，美国人强调要不惜一切代价赢得比赛，因而损害了运动员的道德和良好举止；
• Salim Salim says regional conflicts are undermining all progress.
  萨利姆说，地区冲突破坏了所有的进展。
• Traditional management models don't tell leaders how to support their Agile teams without undermining their emerging self-organisation.
  传统管理模式并没有告诉领导者，如何去支持其敏捷团队，又不削弱他们浮现出的自组织。
• In addition, the rampancy of such cheating is undermining the principles of social justice and fairness.
  另外，这种作弊的泛滥正在逐渐削弱社会的公平和正义。
• These investors say that concerns about widespread insider trading are undermining confidence in the Japanese market.
  这些投资者表示，对内幕交易泛滥的担心正影响着投资者对日本市场的信心。
• Telling them they are late could be seen as undermining their position over you.
  告诉老板他们迟到了可能被看成你在藐视他们的地位。