Word · Frequency #33204
undermining
破坏;削弱;侵蚀
核心释义
the act or process by which something is undermined
- 1.
某物被削弱的行为或过程
The act or process by which something is undermined.
某物被削弱的行为或过程
用法In use
The constant undermining of the old wall by the rain finally made it collapse.
用法提示:这里 undermining 是名词,表示‘侵蚀、破坏’的过程。
Their repeated lies led to the slow undermining of public trust in the company.
用法提示:这里 undermining 作名词,指‘削弱’的过程。
The manager saw the spreading of rumors as a deliberate undermining of her authority.
用法提示:undermining 在这句是名词,表示‘破坏、削弱’的行为。
the undermining of sth
作名词时前面通常加定冠词 the,后接 of 引出被削弱的事物,语气偏正式。
The undermining of public trust took years to become visible.
对公众信任的削弱过了数年才显现出来。
the undermining of sth by sb/sth
用 by 引出实施削弱的一方,常见于新闻与评论性文字。
相关词与表达Connections
易混词Confusing words
- underlining
- 画下划线;强调 · undermining 是名词,指逐渐削弱的行为或过程;underlining 来自 underline,指在文字下画线或加以强调。两者拼写和读音只差一个 m,注意 -min- 与 -lin- 的区别。
- undercutting
- 削价竞争;从底部削弱 · undermining 多指逐步、常常不显眼地削弱信心、权威或努力;undercutting 常用于商务语境,指以低价抢走别人的生意,或指从底部切掉某物使其不稳。
- sabotage
- 蓄意破坏;破坏活动 · undermining 可以是无意、缓慢发生的削弱过程;sabotage 强调有人故意、秘密地实施破坏,通常有明确的行动者,语气更重。
词族Word family
- undermine
- 逐渐削弱;暗中破坏 · verb
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