undermine

v.逐漸削弱; 減少效力; 破壞

讀音

[ˌʌndəˈmaɪn]

釋義

If you undermine something such as a feeling or a system, you make it less strong or less secure, often by gradual process or by repeated efforts.

例句:Offering advice on each and every problem will undermine her feeling of being adult.

This experiment demonstrates how rewards sometimes backfire and undermine kid's intrinsic interest in reading and math.

If you undermine someone, or undermine their position or authority, you make their position or authority less secure, often by indirect methods.

例句:She undermined him and destroyed his confidence in his own talent.

If you undermine someone's efforts, or undermine their chances of achieving something, you do something which makes them less likely to succeed.

1.

If you undermine something such as a feeling or a system, you make it less strong or less secure, often by gradual process or by repeated efforts.

例句:Offering advice on each and every problem will undermine her feeling of being adult.

This experiment demonstrates how rewards sometimes backfire and undermine kid's intrinsic interest in reading and math.

2.

If you undermine someone, or undermine their position or authority, you make their position or authority less secure, often by indirect methods.

例句:She undermined him and destroyed his confidence in his own talent.

3.

If you undermine someone's efforts, or undermine their chances of achieving something, you do something which makes them less likely to succeed.

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