undermines 

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单词释义
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
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原形:undermine第三人称单数:undermines过去式:undermined过去分词:undermined现在分词:undermining
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determine / predetermine / undermine
determine v.决心,决定;确定,限定
predetermine vt.预先规定
undermine v.暗中破坏,逐渐削弱;侵蚀…的基础
词组和短语补充/纠错
undermine the foundation of sth. 破坏…的基础
undermine peace 破坏和平
undermine authority 破坏威信
try to undermine 试图破坏
undermine sb.'s reputation 损害某人的声誉
undermine a wall 破坏一堵墙
单词例句
Your behavior undermines our nation's interest.
你的行为损害了国家利益。
That woman is trying to undermine my brother's marrige.
那个女人正试图破坏我弟弟的婚姻。
Too much tests undermines public support for the policy.
太多检测削弱了民众对这项政策的支持。
The constant criticism from her boss undermined her confidence in her work.
老板不断的批评削弱了她对自己工作的信心。
Their actions undermine the very principles they claim to uphold.
他们的行为破坏了他们声称要维护的原则。
His dishonesty gradually undermined the trust his colleagues had in him.
他的不诚实逐渐破坏了同事们对他的信任。
The leak of confidential information undermined the company's competitive advantage.
机密信息的泄露削弱了公司的竞争优势。
The new tax policy could potentially undermine economic growth.
新的税收政策可能会潜在地阻碍经济增长。
Continuous rain has undermined the stability of the house's foundation.
连续的雨水已经侵蚀了房子地基的稳定性。
The politician's scandalous behavior undermines public faith in government.
这位政治家的丑闻行为损害了公众对政府的信任。
The spread of misinformation can undermine public health efforts.
错误信息的传播会削弱公共卫生努力的效果。
The strike has seriously undermined the airline's reputation and financial stability.
罢工严重损害了航空公司的声誉和财务稳定性。
The constant interference from her parents undermined her ability to make independent decisions.
父母不断的干涉削弱了她独立做决定的能力。
The study undermines the claim that immigrants steal jobs from natives or drag down their wages.
这项研究学削弱了移民窃取本国居民的工作或拉低他们工资的说法。
Australia's discriminatory restrictions against TikTok undermine the confidence of the international community in the country's business environment, and harm the interests of Australian enterprises and people, an official with the Ministry of Commerce said, urging Australia to treat all enterprises fairly.
澳大利亚商务部一名官员表示,澳大利亚对TikTok的歧视性限制破坏了国际社会对该国商业环境的信心,损害了澳大利亚企业和人民的利益,并敦促澳大利亚公平对待所有企业。
Such practices are technological hegemony that violate the principles of market economy and international trade rules, and undermine the confidence of the international community in the business environment of the United States, she added.
她补充道,这种做法是技术霸权,违反了市场经济原则和国际贸易规则,破坏了国际社会对美国商业环境的信心。
"The risks caused by a certain individual real-estate firm in the short term will not undermine the fund-raising function of the market for the medium and long run," said the People's Bank of China, the central bank, in its Friday statement.
中国央行中国人民银行在周五的声明中表示:“从中长期来看,某家房地产公司在短期内引发的风险不会破坏市场的融资功能。”。
During scheduled hearings in Vancouver, Meng's lawyers will argue that US officials omitted details that undermine the fraud charges against her, on the basis that information provided to Canadian officials was misleading and contained "material omissions and misrepresentations".
It undermines and tramples international law and order," he said.
More than a dozen major US multinationals, including Apple Inc, Walmart and Walt Disney Co, raised concerns in a telephone call with White House officials on Tuesday about the potentially broad scope and impact of President Donald Trump's executive order targeting WeChat, saying it could undermine their competitiveness in the world's second-biggest economy.
Supplementing rather than replacing Hong KongConcerns that the Hainan free trade port will undermine Hong Kong's status as a global financial, trading and shipping center were dismissed Monday by Lin Nianxiu, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission.
"It will be another example of the US using political means to undermine its bilateral business cooperation with China and wantonly oppress Chinese businesses. "
It would also undermine Germany's own interests, Wu said in an address at the opening of China Day during the 22nd Euro Finance Week.
"The editorial warned foreign companies not to undermine China's sovereignty, and China will take some "defensive tools" to deal with companies that violate its bottom line.
The short seller report "may be intended specifically to undermine confidence in the company and its management, and to harm its reputation," the statement said.
Such a move, if not properly explained, could harm the image of the US companies involved, disrupt trust in cross-border business cooperation and further undermine the US government's credibility in keeping companies independent, they said.
"The recent experiences where important commercial documents sent via FedEx were not delivered to their destination, and instead were either diverted to, or were requested to be diverted to, FedEx in the United States, undermines our confidence," Joe Kelly, a spokesman for Huawei, told Reuters.
Senior US officials have recently kept telling American allies that using Huawei equipment would undermine their national security, and could also affect their partnership with the US.
The offering, which could fetch up to HK$990 million ($126 million), may come at a delicate time when market fluctuations undermine investor sentiment and the nation's gaming industry faces a rising regulatory push back from the authorities.
However, in China, healthy diets are often equated with bland taste, which undermines their nutritional benefits.
"The action targets China, however, it will ultimately undermine the United States itself," said MOC spokesperson Gao Feng.
"The action targets China; however, it will ultimately undermine the US itself," he said at a regular news conference.
In a statement issued with the rectification plan, it noted that the company has made "two significant mistakes that appeared to undermine Marriott's long-held respect for China's sovereignty and territorial integrity".
The unilateral and protectionist US measures, which undermine the principles of free trade and damage the stability of the international market, will pose challenges to China’s efforts to achieve self-reliance in this strategic sector and, more importantly, will hinder global technological progress and cooperation, said Gu Wenjun, chief analyst of ICwise, a Shanghai-based semiconductor market research company.
Noting the US approach as typical unilateral sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction, the spokesperson said such acts undermine the order and rules of international trade, and affect the security and stability of the global industrial and supply chain.
Officials in the United States have recently become increasingly concerned that investments by the country's venture capital firms in China's high-tech sectors, such as artificial intelligence, semiconductors and quantum computing, are helping the Chinese government develop emerging and critical technologies that could be used to undermine US national security.
They undermine the international economic and trade order and could lead to a reversal of globalization.
The wanton use of unilateral sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction by the US undermines the rules and order of international trade, hinders normal international economic and trade exchanges, and jeopardizes the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises and individuals, the spokesperson said.
The official said that the US's unilateral sanctions and extraterritorial jurisdiction practices undermine the international trade order and rules while obstructing normal economic and trade exchanges among countries.
Any significant surge in home prices or rents would undermine the Fed's view that easing shelter costs would be key in helping to slow the overall pace of price increases.
While the focus is on inflation data, topline economic growth that remains above trend could undermine faith that inflation will fall and increase concerns that it might rise- an outcome Fed officials view as particularly pernicious and have pledged to avoid.
BEIJING — The executive order signed by US President Joe Biden early this month limiting US investments in advanced technology industries in China will undermine the interests of companies and investors from both sides as well as the world, observers have said.
Reviewing the US' performance on following WTO rules via the report, China has expressed concerns over US policy measures that undermine the multilateral trading rules, impose unilateral sanctions, adopt double standards in industrial policies, and disturb global industrial and supply chains.
They undermine the principles of global free trade, disregard international economic and trade rules, and trample on the principles of fair competition.
它们破坏全球自由贸易的原则,无视国际经济和贸易规则,践踏公平竞争原则。
Shu added the actions taken by the US not only harm the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese businesses but also undermine the interests of numerous countries and regions.
美国采取的这些行动不仅损害了中国企业的合法权益,同时也损害了众多国家和地区利益。
The US approach is ill-informed and lacks due process, which undermines the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises and individuals.
A rise of economies is accompanied by increasing labor costs, which will undermine exports' cost advantage.
It runs counter to the overall interests of developing countries and undermines the consensus on international cooperation and development, which in turn will also run counter to the interests of developed countries.
Shu said such a move runs counter to the market economy and the principle of fair competition, affects enterprises' normal business decisions, undermines the international economic and trade order, and disrupts the stability of global industrial and supply chains.
Its abusive use of unilateral sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction, which has no grounds in the international law, seriously undermines the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises and individuals, interrupts the normal economic and trade exchanges between other countries, threatens the security and stability of the global industrial and supply chains, and hinders the recovery and development of the world economy, said the spokesperson.
This is a typical act of economic bullying and market distortion, which seriously undermines the legitimate rights and interests of companies, harms the security and stability of global industrial and supply chains, and hinders global economic recovery and development.
He also said restrictive trade measures against China undermine the development of bilateral economic and trade relations, weaken the US' comparative advantage and the competitiveness of US products, and harm the confidence and willingness of enterprises from the two countries to strengthen cooperation.
But in general, many factors including negative export growth can greatly undermine inflationary pressure.
That disrupts the common market order, harms global industrial and supply chain safety and undermines world economic recovery, she said.
The US government's practice of interfering in enterprises' business decision-making by administrative means undermines market rules and international trade order, harms the interests of enterprises and investors, and is not conducive to the interests of China, the United States or the whole world, said Shu Jueting, spokeswoman of the Ministry of Commerce, on Thursday at a media conference.
The spokesperson went on to say this practice undermines the security and stability of global supply and industrial chains and hinders the recovery of the world economy.
It would even undermine the dual-circulation system aimed at "selling products where they are produced and producing them where they are sold".
The SAMR will keep a close eye on any unreasonable changes in prices of key goods like foods and energy and travel-related services, in order to counter market-disrupting behaviors that may undermine market stability, he said.
These measures are unreasonable and unjustifiable in many aspects and, according to WTO rules, fundamentally violate the principles of nondiscrimination, unilaterally disrupt the stability of global semiconductor supply chains, offer US companies unfair competitive advantages, undermine the predictability of the global trade system and seriously damage the legitimate interests of enterprises in many countries.
It undermines the international economic and trade order and rules, and is not conducive to the two countries or the whole world, Shu told a weekly news conference.
It undermines the international economic and trade order and rules, and is not conducive to the two countries or the whole world, Shu told at a regular news conference.
During their discussions, Xi said that starting a trade or technology war, building walls and barriers, and pushing for decoupling and severing supply chains all run counter to the principles of a market economy and undermine international trade rules.
And when it is found that the emphasis on equity undermines efficiency, the importance of efficiency is emphasized.
That is an act of scientific and technological hegemony that ignores the spirit of cooperation between the two sides, will severely hinder normal economic and trade exchanges between Chinese and US enterprises, undermine market rules and international economic and trade order, and threaten the stability of global industrial and supply chains, the official said, adding China strongly opposes such deeds.
China has denounced the legislation as a bullying practice, which seriously undermines market principles, violates the World Trade Organization rules, shakes the stability of the global industrial and supply chains, and inevitably harms the interests of global consumers.
The rapid growth of foreign direct investment shows that short-term economic disruptions caused by the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus will not undermine China's ability in attracting global capital in the long run, said Bai Ming, deputy director of the international market research department at the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation in Beijing.
Rapid FDI growth can be seen as a powerful rebuttal to some foreign media's "FDI withdrawal" hype, and shows that short-term economic disruption caused by the pandemic won't undermine China's ability to attract global capital over the long run, said Bai Ming, deputy director of the international market research department at the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation in Beijing.
Despite challenges caused by the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in certain cities, especially during the second quarter, China's GDP expanded 2.5 percent in the first half of this year, showing that temporary economic disruptions will not undermine the country's ability to attract global investors in the long run, they said.
The paralysis of the WTO appellate body that undermines its ability to solve disputes remains a major crisis for the organization, and its decision-making mechanism also presents challenges to efforts for its reform, Zhang said.
"In firm opposition to the ban, the spokesperson said the United States is practicing unilateralism, protectionism and bullying in the name of "human rights," which seriously undermines market principles and violates the rules of the World Trade Organization.
The real intention of the US is to discredit China's image, interfere in its internal affairs, curb its development, and undermine Xinjiang's prosperity and stability, the spokesperson said.
No country should purposefully hinder the integration of the region's economy, which, acting against the general trend of economic globalization, will undermine the role of the Asia-Pacific as a driver of healthy development of the global economy.
Because IPEF targeted members may include most Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership members, it will largely undermine previous efforts by countries in the region to pursue and accelerate economic integration.
Screening of outbound investments of US enterprises will interfere with their decisionmaking, disrupts normal business of enterprises, undermines their efficiency and commercial outcomes, and ultimately hurts the interests of not only the FDI destination nations but the US itself.
PBOC, economists and fund managers see light at the end of COVID-19 tunnelShort-term market fluctuations will not undermine China's economy, given its potential for growth and development backed by a number of supportive policies, the country's top financial regulators and industry experts said on Tuesday.
At the same time, any such measures would also undermine all parties' efforts to combat climate change in the US.
While recognizing the ample space in macroeconomic policies, experts warned against any careless stimulus that could undermine long-term development, and emphasized accelerating economic upgrading for the sake of sustainable growth.
In particular, major countries should duly fulfill their obligations, show a sense of responsibility, promote international common security in the field of export control, and actively advance international export control in a fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory direction; they should not undermine the legitimate right of other countries to the peaceful use of controlled items, or obstruct the peaceful use of outcomes of scientific and technological advances to promote development, normal international science and technology exchanges and commercial cooperation, and the secure and smooth operation of global industrial and supply chains.
Under the guise of the human rights issue, the US has made groundless accusations and hyped the myth of "forced labor" and other issues concerning Xinjiang in order to smear China's image, interfere in China's internal affairs, curb China's development, and undermine the prosperity and stability of Xinjiang, the statement said.
Helmy pointed out that BRI is an economic development initiative by all standards, opposing allegations that attempt to distort and undermine the initiative.
"If China just sells a significant amount of manufactured goods to all the African countries and buys a narrow range of raw materials from four or five African countries, it will undermine the spirit of the partnership," he said.
The monopolistic demand of some platform companies from much smaller merchants, if goes unchecked, could undermine fair competition, stifle market access and innovation, and ultimately harm consumer interests and the entire economy.
如果不加以约束,某些平台公司对规模远小于自身的商家所提出的垄断性要求,可能会破坏公平竞争,限制市场准入和创新,最终损害消费者利益乃至整个经济。
Addressing a seminar during the 21st China International Fair for Investment and Trade, held from Sept 8 to 11 in Xiamen, East China's Fujian province, the official reiterated unilateralism and trade protectionism not only harm the interests of China and the US, but also undermine global economic recovery.
Noting that keeping the tariffs imposed by former US President Donald Trump is a mistake, the article said that the US tariff war against China fails to address trade imbalances and undermines the domestic priorities of the US government, hindering a US return to multilateralism.
"The WTO faces unprecedented challenges currently, and China opposes abusing trade remedy measures which not only damage the legitimate rights of Chinese enterprises but also undermine the authority of WTO rules," he said.
China opposes abusing trade measures as it not only harms the legitimate rights of Chinese companies but also undermines the solemnity and authority of WTO rules, said Gao Feng, a spokesperson with the ministry.
"It severely violates the rules of free trade, gravely threatens the security of global industrial and supply chains and seriously undermines the well-being and interest of people in all countries including the US," he said.
"Paulson, former chairman and CEO of investment bank Goldman Sachs also wrote that "a lack of political will to deal with America's long-term structural deficit" undermines confidence in the US economy and the dollar.
Such acts violate the basic principles of the WTO, stifle international trade and investment, and undermine the stability of the global industrial and supply chains, He said.
The above-mentioned discriminatory subsidy policy violates the basic principles of the World Trade Organization (WTO), seriously disrupts international trade and investment, and undermines the stability of the global industrial and supply chains, He said.
The US has been overstretching the concept of national security, making wanton use of export controls and bilateral investment restrictions, which undermines market rules and international economic order, and threatens global industrial and supply chains, said He Yadong, spokesman of the ministry.
Zhang Wei, vice-president of the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, said Japan's planned export control measures are contrary to market rules, will cause shocks to industrial development and undermine the normal economic and trade order.
They also said the move will undermine the stability and security of the global industrial supply chain, hurting the interests of multinationals around the world.
"There is a real urgency for the US and China working to heal their bilateral relations overall, and to ensure that the competition between us which is inevitable, is the kind of constructive competition that makes both sides better, better competitors, and not the destructive rivalry in which each side is seeking to harm and undermine the other," said Russel.
Mao Ning, a spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry, said on Saturday that the US' new restrictions will hinder international tech exchanges and economic cooperation, and undermine the stability of global industrial and supply chains and the recovery of the world economy.
"The recent debt events at some real estate developers should not undermine the authorities' efforts to strengthen the long-term financial conditions of the sector as a whole," stated a report from the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office, a regional economic surveillance organization.
All of these factors will undermine demand in the local property markets, said a report published by consultancy TopSur.
一份由咨询公司TopSur发布的报告指出,所有这些因素都将削弱本地房地产市场的需求。
"Companies should abide by the normal laws of enterprises development with a main purpose to improve product quality and offer better services, rather than doing things to undermine their creditworthiness.
This could go a long way toward preventing financial risks as fluctuations of property prices would undermine sales and therefore solvency of property firms, and even cause individuals to stop repaying mortgages.
Cooperation will benefit both countries while confrontation will only undermine their interests, it said.
"Temporary trade frictions are unlikely to undermine such robust momentum," the manager added.
The ban undermines the interests of companies and investors from both sides as well as the wider world, observers have said, and drew widespread concerns from both home and abroad.
The industry leaders also indicated that the restrictions might undermine President Joe Biden's broader objectives of promoting increased chip manufacturing within the United States.
Such conduct will seriously damage the interests of enterprises on both sides, undermine mutually beneficial and cooperation and impair the security and stability of global industrial and supply chains, Shu added.
The move will undermine the normal economic and trade order, and cause shocks to industrial development, said Zhang Wei, vice-president of the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation.
Such practices constitute technological hegemony that violate the principles of market economy and international economic and trade rules, and undermine the confidence of the international community in the US business environment, she said.
Experts voice concern over reported attempt to clamp export limits on ChinaWashington's reported move to clamp chip export limits on China by securing deals with the Netherlands and Japan will undermine the stability and security of the global semiconductor industrial supply chain, and hurt the interests of chip companies from all over the world, officials and experts said.
"Such practices hurt others without benefiting it (the US) and undermines the stability of global industrial supply chains, which has triggered concerns around the world," she said, noting that the US' attempts to block the paths of others will only lead it to a dead end.
Former Missouri governor Matt Blunt, head of the American Automotive Policy Council, which represents the big three US automakers Ford, General Motors and Fiat Chrysler, said the domestic industry was "very concerned" tariffs would undermine benefits from December's sweeping corporate tax cuts.
"It undermines our nation's credibility in the global community, weakens the international trading system, and emboldens other countries to use national security to limit US goods and services exports to their markets," said the Business Roundtable.
"If these tariffs are imposed, consumers are going to take a big hit because they will have fewer vehicle choices and higher car and truck prices," Bozzella said, adding this course of action will undermine the health and competitiveness of the US auto industry.
Bloomberg reported that China is planning to stop offering subsidies for electric cars and other new-energy vehicles as the Ministry of Finance works on a plan that would mandate authorities to phase out the incentives to discourage protectionism and help rein in government expenditure, which may undermine demand for autos made by new energy vehicle makers.
Huang said rather than decoupling, both sides should search for an intermediate solution, because decoupling reduces the flow of knowledge across countries, which will undermine economic growth.
It blatantly violates the principles of market economy and free trade rules, severely undermines the interests of Chinese companies, and continually erodes mutual trust with China, which is the basis for bilateral cooperation, the spokesperson said.
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六级Moreover, nonparticipation by nations, if sufficiently widespread, can undermine the political will of participating countries to act.

此外,各国的不参与如果足够广泛,可能会破坏参与国采取行动的政治意愿。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级Moreover, non-participation by nations, if sufficiently widespread, can undermine the political will of participating countries to act.

此外,如果各国不参与的情况足够普遍,可能会破坏参与国采取行动的政治意愿。

2017年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

考研But demanding too much of air travelers or providing too little security in return undermines public support for the process.

但对航空旅客要求太高或提供的安全保障太少会削弱公众对这一过程的支持。

2017年考研阅读原文

考研But demanding too much of air travelers or providing too little security in return undermines public support for process.

但对航空旅客要求太高或提供的安全保障太少会削弱公众对这一过程的支持。

2017年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研These views of arguments also undermine reason.

这些观点也破坏了理性。

2020年考研真题(英语一)翻译 Section Ⅲ

四级Cheating undermines confidence and independence: the cheater is a fraud, and knows that without dishonesty, he/she would have failed

作弊会破坏信心和独立性:作弊者是一个骗子,知道如果没有不诚实,他/她就会失败

2011年12月阅读原文

四级Cheating undermines confidence and independence: the cheater is a fraud, and knows that without dishonesty, he/she would have failed.

作弊会破坏信心和独立性:作弊者是一个骗子,知道如果没有不诚实,他/她就会失败。

2011年12月阅读原文

六级You see it in faculty members who are pleased when their students make a discovery that undermines a cherished theory that they had put forward.

你可以从教师身上看到,当学生的发现破坏了他们所提出的宝贵理论时,他们会很高兴。

2017年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

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