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undermine    音标拼音: ['ʌndɚm,ɑɪn]
vt. 渐渐破坏,挖掘地基,暗地里破坏

渐渐破坏,挖掘地基,暗地里破坏

undermine
v 1: destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The
Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
[synonym: {sabotage}, {undermine}, {countermine}, {counteract},
{subvert}, {weaken}]
2: hollow out as if making a cave or opening; "The river was
caving the banks" [synonym: {cave}, {undermine}]

Undermine \Un`der*mine"\, v. t.
1. To excavate the earth beneath, or the part of, especially
for the purpose of causing to fall or be overthrown; to
form a mine under; to sap; as, to undermine a wall.
[1913 Webster]

A vast rock undermined from one end to the other,
and a highway running through it. --Addison.
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2. Fig.: To remove the foundation or support of by
clandestine means; to ruin in an underhand way; as, to
undermine reputation; to undermine the constitution of the
state.
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He should be warned who are like to undermine him.
--Locke.
[1913 Webster]

88 Moby Thesaurus words for "undermine":
abate, answer, answer conclusively, argue down, attenuate, blunt,
bugger up, confound, confute, contradict, controvert, cramp,
cripple, crush, damage, damp, dampen, dash, deaden, debilitate,
defeat, demolish, deny, devitalize, disable, dismiss, dispose of,
drain, dull, enervate, enfeeble, eviscerate, exhaust, extenuate,
finish, floor, foil, frustrate, gruel, harm, honeycomb, hurt,
impair, lay low, mine, mitigate, nonplus, overset, overthrow,
overturn, overwhelm, parry, put to silence, queer, rattle, rebut,
reduce, reduce to silence, refute, ruin, sabotage, sap,
sap the foundations, settle, shake, shake up, shut up, silence,
smash all opposition, soften up, spoil, squash, squelch, subvert,
threaten, throw down, throw over, thwart, unbrace, undercut, unman,
unnerve, unstrengthen, unstring, upend, upset, weaken, wreck


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  • UNDERMINE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of UNDERMINE is to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly How to use undermine in a sentence Synonym Discussion of Undermine
  • UNDERMINE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    UNDERMINE definition: 1 to make someone less confident, less powerful, or less likely to succeed, or to make something… Learn more
  • UNDERMINE Definition Meaning - Dictionary. com
    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
  • undermine verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
    undermine something somebody to make something, especially somebody’s confidence or authority, gradually weaker or less effective Our confidence in the team has been seriously undermined by their recent defeats This crisis has undermined his position Recent changes have undermined teachers’ morale
  • UNDERMINE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
    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
  • Undermine - definition of undermine by The Free Dictionary
    1 to impair, weaken, or destroy (health, morale, etc ) by imperceptible stages 2 to make an excavation under; dig or tunnel beneath 3 to weaken or cause to collapse by removing underlying supports un′der•min`er, n Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc
  • undermine - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
    undermine (third-person singular simple present undermines, present participle undermining, simple past and past participle undermined) To dig underneath (something), to make a passage for destructive or military purposes; to sap [from 14th c ]
  • What does UNDERMINE mean? - Definitions. net
    Undermine is a verb which usually means to weaken or damage someone or something gradually or insidiously, often in secret or without it being noticed This could refer to a person's confidence, authority, or power, as well as to structures or institutions
  • Undermine - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com
    To undermine literally means to dig a hole underneath something, making it likely to collapse But we more often use the word to describe sabotage or the act of weakening someone else's efforts
  • What Does Undermine Mean? - The Word Counter
    According to the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language as well as American Heritage and Collins English Dictionary, the word undermine (pronunciation of undermine: ˌʌndəˈmaɪn) is a verb that means to subvert or weaken secretly or insidiously, to perm an excavation on the Earth from beneath something to form a mine





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