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undermine

/uhn-der-mahyn or, especially for 1, 2, 4, uhn-der-mahyn/US // ˌʌn dərˈmaɪn or, especially for 1, 2, 4, ˈʌn dərˌmaɪn //UK // (ˌʌndəˈmaɪn) //

损害,破坏,颠覆,削弱

Related Words

undercut暗切,暗割,暗减,暗切口erode冲蚀,侵蚀,腐蚀,蚀frustrate沮丧,挫折,挫败,沮丧的wreck残骸,失事,破坏,沉船subvert颠覆,推翻,转移,翻转blunt直言不讳,直率的,钝的,直率ruin破坏,毁坏,毁掉,毁了cripple跛脚,跛子,跛脚的,残废hurt伤害,负伤,伤痛,受伤的impair减损,损害,损伤,减值thwart阻挠,阻挠了,阻碍,阻止threaten威胁,威胁说,恐吓,威胁到sap汁液,汁水,肥皂水,肥皂sabotage破坏,破坏行为,破坏活动,破坏行动torpedo鱼雷,水雷,舰艇,舰艇导弹foil箔,箔片,箔纸,挫折tunnel隧道,地道,隧道内,隧道里debilitate衰弱,削弱,衰弱的,弱化attenuate衰减,递减,衰减的,渐进式dig挖掘,挖掘机,挖出,挖

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    un·der·mined, un·der·min·ing.

    • : to injure or destroy by insidious activity or imperceptible stages, sometimes tending toward a sudden dramatic effect.
    • : to attack by indirect, secret, or underhand means; attempt to subvert by stealth.
    • : to make an excavation under; dig or tunnel beneath, as a military stronghold.
    • : to weaken or cause to collapse by removing underlying support, as by digging away or eroding the foundation.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbweaken
Forms: undermined, undermines, undermining
Synonyms
blunt直言不讳,直率的,钝的,直率cripple跛脚,跛子,跛脚的,残废erode冲蚀,侵蚀,腐蚀,蚀frustrate沮丧,挫折,挫败,沮丧的hurt伤害,负伤,伤痛,受伤的impair减损,损害,损伤,减值ruin破坏,毁坏,毁掉,毁了sabotage破坏,破坏行为,破坏活动,破坏行动sap汁液,汁水,肥皂水,肥皂subvert颠覆,推翻,转移,翻转threaten威胁,威胁说,恐吓,威胁到thwart阻挠,阻挠了,阻碍,阻止torpedo鱼雷,水雷,舰艇,舰艇导弹undercut暗切,暗割,暗减,暗切口wreck残骸,失事,破坏,沉船attenuate衰减,递减,衰减的,渐进式corrode锈蚀,腐蚀,侵蚀,腐蚀性debilitate衰弱,削弱,衰弱的,弱化dig挖掘,挖掘机,挖出,挖disable禁用,停用,丧失功能,停用功能enfeeble衰弱,衰弱的,削弱,减弱excavate开挖,发掘,挖掘,挖出foil箔,箔片,箔纸,挫折mine矿井,我的,矿山,矿场sandbag沙袋,沙包,砂袋,砂包soften变得柔和,变得柔软,变得柔和了,变得柔和起来tunnel隧道,地道,隧道内,隧道里wear穿着,磨损,穿戴,磨损程度clip one's wings夹住翅膀,剪掉翅膀,剪断翅膀,夹起翅膀dig out挖出来,挖出,挖出来的,挖掉eat away吃掉,吃掉了,吃了,吃光hollow out掏空,挖空,掏空了,掏出来的knock the bottom out of跌破底线,撞破底层,撞破底层的,撞破poke full of holes捅破脑袋,捅破天,捅娄子,捅破头whittle away消磨掉,消磨掉了,消磨,消磨时间

Examples

  • About a month ago, we laid out five ways that Republicans are making it harder to vote and more generally undermining the electoral process in 2020.

  • If we don’t, we run the risk of undermining public health in the US — and even more specifically undermining the entire vaccination program.

  • Suggesting that one party is better than the other to our allies runs the risk of undermining our national position and credibility when the other party takes power.

  • Cowan said they believe the initial changes aimed to undermine mail delivery and now workers fear more changes will be made to slow the Postal Service — and nobody will find out until it is too late.

  • “You can’t just chase dollars, otherwise we’d be undermining the authority” that GQ has when it comes to quality product recommendations, said Welch.

  • The most dangerous attacks are those that undermine your perceived strength.

  • The ACLU and its allies are trying to undermine the holiday with lawsuits and annoying billboards.

  • One lefty tweeter even complained that an invasion of icky American tourists would undermine “family values” in Cuba.

  • We “undermine” our nature every time we use glasses or medicine, after all.

  • His detractors tried to undermine his standing with Reagan, but he had support from an unlikely source—hard-line conservatives.

  • The influence of the Jews had helped also to undermine heathenism and thus to prepare the ground for Christianity.

  • While an attempt is made to undermine his claim to wisdom, it will incidentally appear that wisdom was ascribed to him.

  • You remember it, Dean, I thought him a villain when I learned how he was trying to undermine you.

  • With cynical cruelty, he set himself to insult, to undermine, to mutilate it.

  • Mr J. (still seeking, as I could see, to undermine me in his friend's favour).

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