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undoing

/uhn-doo-ing/US // ʌnˈdu ɪŋ //UK // (ʌnˈduːɪŋ) //

撤消,撤销,解除,撤销权

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the reversing of what has been done; annulling.
    • : a bringing to destruction, ruin, or disaster.
    • : a cause of destruction or ruin.
    • : the act of unfastening or loosing.
    • : Psychiatry. an unconscious defense mechanism through which an attempt is made to reverse a psychologically unacceptable act by doing its opposite, usually repetitiously, in order to relieve anxiety.

Synonyms & Antonyms

noundestruction, misfortune
Synonyms
downfall垮台,衰落,堕落,沦落miscalculation误判,误算,误解,误区accident事故,意外事故,意外,意外事件adversity逆境,抗逆境,抗逆性,逆境中affliction痛苦,困扰,苦难,苦恼bane祸根,祸害,祸首,祸水东引blight枯萎病,枯萎病症,枯萎症,枯萎病的发生blow打击,吹,打吹,吹吹blunder失误,大错特错,失策calamity劫难,灾难,灾祸,灾情casualty伤员,伤亡人员,伤者,伤亡者catastrophe灾难,浩劫,灾害,灾难性的collapse崩溃,坍塌,崩塌,塌陷curse诅咒,咒语,咒骂,咒诅defeat挫败,打败,失败,挫折destroyer毁灭者,驱逐舰,破坏者,摧毁者difficulty困难,难度,难点,困难重重disgrace耻辱,羞辱,侮蔑,耻辱感doom祸事,灾难,祸害,毁灭error错误,误差,错,差错failure失败,故障,失败者,失效fault错,故障,错误,缺点flaw缺陷,缺点,瑕疵,缺点是fumble摸索,摸索前进,摸索着前进grief悲痛,悲伤,哀伤,悲痛欲绝humiliation羞辱,耻辱,侮辱,屈辱misadventure惨痛经历,误入歧途,惨痛的经历,厄运mischance错失良机,错乱,误伤,误解mishap意外事故,意外事件,不测事件,不测misstep走错路,走错一步,走错了一步,走错路了omission遗漏,疏漏,不作为,疏忽overthrow推翻,推翻了,推倒,打倒overturn推翻,推翻了,打翻了,打翻reversal逆转,反转,逆转的,颠覆reverse逆转,反转,逆向,颠倒ruin破坏,毁坏,毁掉,毁了ruination毁灭,毁坏,废墟,破坏shame耻辱,羞愧,羞辱,羞愧难当slip滑落,滑倒,滑移,溜smash砸毁,捣毁,粉碎,砸碎stumble趔趄,绊倒,跌跌撞撞,踉跄subversion颠覆,颠覆罪,颠覆法,颠覆性trial审判,试验,审理,审判工作trip旅行,旅程,旅程中,旅行中trouble麻烦,麻烦的事,烦恼,困难visitation探访,探视,探望,拜访weakness弱点,虚弱,弱势,虚弱性wreck残骸,失事,破坏,沉船bad luck坏运气,运气不好,厄运,运气不佳bad omen不祥之兆,坏兆头,恶兆,凶兆faux pas走错路,走错一步,走错了一步,走错路了last straw最后一根稻草,最后一根救命稻草,最后一根草,最后一根支柱
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Examples

  • These turtles’ land-based lifestyle may have also been their undoing.

  • There is no silver bullet for undoing centuries of biased overpolicing.

  • His undoing came because he refused to grant political rights to the large middle class that he himself created.

  • Dear God… help us to help ourselves before we become our own undoing.

  • It was the most violent day in the history of Ukraine since Soviet times and it proved to be the undoing of the Yanukovych regime.

  • He announced the undoing of what should have never been done.

  • Boosting spending and undoing a chunk of the sequester is likely to have a bigger impact on the still-ailing job market.

  • And Friedman presents herself as undoing any destruction she's caused.

  • He added ‘that he had rather live as a felon or a rebel than adventure his undoing for the Queen.’

  • The visit to the theater was the undoing of all the good work accomplished, nor could the result have been foreseen.

  • Then stood he up on his feet & she arose likewise, and Sigrid said, This might be thy undoing.

  • And no less in doing things than undoing them afterwards (when that has been necessary) have I planned to the very last minuti.

  • Smith was undoing and inspecting the parcels, having placed the syphon and fruit on the table.