V-T If you undermine something 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. 逐渐削弱; 逐渐动摇
Offering advice on each and every problem will undermine her feeling of being adult.
每个问题都为她提出忠告会逐渐削弱她的成年意识。
V-T If you undermine someone or undermine their position or authority, you make their authority or position less secure, often by indirect methods. (通常以间接方式) 动摇 (某人的地位或权威)
She undermined him and destroyed his confidence in his own talent.
她动摇了他的地位,摧毁了他对自己才能的信心。
V-T If you undermine someone's efforts or undermine their chances of achieving something, you behave in a way that makes them less likely to succeed. 破坏; 损害 (某人的努力或成功的机会)
The continued fighting threatens to undermine efforts to negotiate an agreement.
持续的战斗有可能破坏通过谈判达成协议的努力。
They argue that the amendment undermines Canadian federalism.
他们认为这项修改会逐渐损坏加拿大联邦主义。
Demanding too much of air travelers or providing too little security in return undermines public support for the process.
如果对飞机乘客的要求过于苛刻,或者相应的安全保障太少,反而会削弱民众对安检的支持。
But demanding too much of air travelers or providing too little security in return undermines public support for the process.
可是,如果对飞机乘客的要求过于苛刻,或者相应的安全保障太少,反过来就不利于民众对安检的支持。
It undermines the civilian control of the military that is at the core of our democratic system."
VOA: special.2010.06.26
Error is not a poetic elaboration on things which somehow, as it does in Plato's view, undermines the integrity of that truth identified by philosophers.
错误并不是对事物一种诗化的详细阐释,正如柏拉图的观,这种阐释以某种方式削减了,被哲学家认同的真理,的诚实性。
I think it should. I think illegal downloading undermines the incentive for the artist
我觉得应该。我觉得非法下载破坏了艺术家的激励,
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