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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• After all, he's a department head, and we ought to avoid any suggestion of undermining his authority.
  毕竟他是该部门的主任，而我们又不可能建议削减他的职权。
• 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。
• But one university psychologist has warned this is wreaking havoc with our self-image and undermining our sense of self-worth.
  但是一位大学心理学家警告说，这种名人崇拜将会严重干扰我们对自我形象的认识、破坏我们的自我价值感。
• That's undermining jobs directly.
  这是直接破坏工作。
• We will resolutely oppose any activity aimed at splitting the motherland or undermining ethnic solidarity.
  坚决反对分裂祖国和破坏民族团结的行为。
• 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。