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

• 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。
• 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。
• Officials said the attack was aimed at undermining the peace process between the two countries.
  官方人员声称此次袭击目的在于暗中破坏两国之间的和平进程。
• Moral hazard the undermining of incentives will be averted: a strong message will be sent.
  道德风险激励政策受到削弱将得以避免：这将传递一个强大的信息。
• We should be in a position of encouraging confidence, not undermining it.
  我们应当立足于鼓励建立信心，而不是破坏它。
• Disobeying or undermining the political and religious governors of this information was severely punished.
  信息表明违反和破坏政治约束和宗教统治者的管理就要受到严厉的惩罚。
• Undermining the monolithic character of the main political parties.
  破坏这些主要政党的内部一致性。
• That's undermining jobs directly.
  这是直接破坏工作。
• House prices are now dropping in most large cities, further undermining consumer confidence.
  如今，多数大城市的房价都在下跌，这进一步挫伤了消费者信心。
• 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。