underpin
美音:
[´ʌndə´pın
]英音:
[´ʌndə´pın
]v.加强...的基础,巩固,支撑
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underpin为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:underpinned 过去分词:underpinned 现在分词:underpinning 第三人称单数:underpins
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underpin
/,ʌndə'pɪn; ,ʌndɚ`pɪn/
v (-nn-) [Tn]
1 support (a wall, etc) from below with masonry, etc 用砖石结构等从下面支撑(墙等); 加固(墙等)的基础.
2 (fig 比喻) form the basis for (an argument, a claim, etc); strengthen 为(论据、主张等)打下基础; 加强; 巩固
*The evidence underpinning his case was sound. 有利于他的证据是确凿的.
* These developments are underpinned by solid progress in heavy industry. 重工业的稳固发展为这些进展打下了基础.
underpin
v past tense and past participleunderpinnedpresent participleunderpinning [T]
to give strength or support to something and to help it succeed
the theories that underpin his teaching method
America's wealth is underpinned by a global system which exploits the world's poor.
technical to put a solid piece of metal under a wall or house in order to make it stronger
>underpinningn [U and C]