undermined is undermine's Past Tense

undermine

US [ˌʌndərˈmaɪn]
UK [ˌʌndə(r)ˈmaɪn]
  • v.在…下面掘地道；冲蚀；削弱…的基础；暗中破坏(名声等)
  • Web受到破坏；暗地里破坏；潜行的
Simple Present：undermines  Present Participle：undermining  Past Tense：undermined  

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掘...的下面,在...下面掘地道,暗掘;冲蚀;削弱...的基础;用阴险手段毁损,暗中破坏(名声等);伤害(健康等)

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AllAll,在…下面掘地道在…下面掘地道,冲蚀冲蚀,削弱…的基础削弱…的基础,暗中破坏暗中破坏,受到破坏受到破坏,暗地里破坏暗地里破坏,潜行的潜行的
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1.
It took less than a week in office for the new government to be undermined.
从在任政府受损到新政府组建只花了不到一个星期。
cóng zài rèn zhèng fǔ shòu sǔn dào xīn zhèng fǔ zǔ jiàn zhǐ huā le bù dào yī gè xīng qī 。
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2.
This raises the important policy question of why and how Chinese growth systematically undermined its own consumption potential.
这就引发了一个重要的政策问题：中国经济增长为何以及怎样系统性地损害了中国自身的消费潜力。
zhè jiù yǐn fā le yī gè zhòng yào de zhèng cè wèn tí : zhōng guó jīng jì zēng zhǎng wèi hé yǐ jí zěn yàng xì tǒng xìng de sǔn hài le zhōng guó zì shēn de xiāo fèi qián lì 。
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3.
He made it clear that he wanted the earlier deployment plan to go ahead and suggested that blocking it had undermined the British mission.
他曾明确表示，希望早期部署计划能够进行，并指出阻止它损害了英国的使命。
tā céng míng què biǎo shì , xī wàng zǎo qī bù shǔ jì huà néng gòu jìn xíng , bìng zhǐ chū zǔ zhǐ tā sǔn hài le yīng guó de shǐ mìng 。
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Strict surveillance and ECB independence was meant to make it impossible to end up in this situation; both have been undermined.
严格的监督与欧洲央行的独立性，本意是避免出现这种结局；但如今这两者都受到了破坏。
yán gé de jiān dū yǔ ōu zhōu yāng háng de dú lì xìng , běn yì shì bì miǎn chū xiàn zhè zhǒng jié jú ; dàn rú jīn zhè liǎng zhě dōu shòu dào le pò huài 。
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5.
He said they undermined ties between the two countries and failed to appreciate "Pakistan's sacrifices to fight terrorists" .
他表示，这些话损害了两国关系，没有看到“巴基斯坦为打击恐怖分子所做出的牺牲”。
tā biǎo shì , zhè xiē huà sǔn hài le liǎng guó guān xì , méi yǒu kàn dào " bā jī sī tǎn wèi dǎ jī kǒng bù fèn zǐ suǒ zuò chū de xī shēng " 。
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6.
The judge said that assertion was undermined by the fact that Mr Lai himself had been trying to negotiate his return with Chinese officials.
法官说，赖昌星自己一直在试图与中国官员协商回国事宜，因此这种说法不成立。
fǎ guān shuō , lài chāng xīng zì jǐ yì zhí zài shì tú yǔ zhōng guó guān yuán xié shāng huí guó shì yí , yīn cǐ zhè zhǒng shuō fǎ bù chéng lì 。
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7.
A more exact word cannot be imagined. Beginning to think is beginning to be undermined.
我想象不出更加精确字眼，但思考之始就蚕食的开始。
wǒ xiǎng xiàng bù chū gèng jiā jīng què zì yǎn , dàn sī kǎo zhī shǐ jiù cán shí de kāi shǐ 。
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8.
He said US economic diplomacy had been undermined by a lack of co-ordination.
鲍尔森称，由于缺乏协调，美国的经济外交已经受损。
bào ěr sēn chēng , yóu yú quē fá xié tiáo , měi guó de jīng jì wài jiāo yǐ jīng shòu sǔn 。
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9.
Kunda Dixit, editor of the Nepali Times, says years of a communist insurgency and instability undermined the economy.
尼泊尔时报编辑昆达。迪克西特说，共产党人多年的反叛活动和政局不稳破坏了国家的经济。
ní bó ěr shí bào biān jí kūn dá 。 dí kè xī tè shuō , gòng chǎn dǎng rén duō nián de fǎn pàn huó dòng hé zhèng jú bù wěn pò huài le guó jiā de jīng jì 。
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10.
Soaring unemployment numbers have undermined the confidence that we might be nearing the bottom of the recession.
失业人数飙升已破坏了人们对于经济衰退可能正接近底部的信心。
shī yè rén shù biāo shēng yǐ pò huài le rén men duì yú jīng jì shuāi tuì kě néng zhèng jiē jìn dǐ bù de xìn xīn 。
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