underpinning

英 [ˌʌndəˈpɪnɪŋ]

美 [ˌʌndərˈpɪnɪŋ]

v.  加强，巩固，构成(…的基础等); 加固(墙)基
underpin的现在分词
n.  基础材料; 基础结构; （学说、理论等的）基础; （人的）腿

复数：underpinnings　现在分词：underpinning　

BNC.23590 / COCA.14316

柯林斯词典

• VERB 加强…的基础；巩固；支撑
  If one thingunderpinsanother, it helps the other thing to continue or succeed by supporting and strengthening it.
  1. ...mystical themes that underpin all religions...
     支撑所有宗教的神秘主题
  2. ...the beliefs underpinning contemporary art.
     支撑现代艺术的一些观念
  3. ...a style of life extensively underpinned by public money.
     极度依赖公款支出的生活方式

双语例句

• Such behaviour attacks the moral underpinning of society.
  这样的行为侵害了社会的道德基础。
• But underpinning all of that is what is the business trying to achieve?
  但是对其进行全面的支持是业务想要达到的目的吗？
• I believe these will serve as a theoretical underpinning for generally accepted project management practice.
  我相信这些原则将为通用的公认的项目管理实践提供理论基础。
• My concerns are much more about the broad policy environment underpinning financial markets.
  我的担心更多是与维系金融市场的广泛政策环境有关。
• Underpinning all this was the commitment to internal audit of the most senior people in the Department.
  对该部门多数高层官员内部审计的承诺为所有这些打下了基础。
• Underpinning the detailed screening system is a private equity-like approach.
  支持其详尽筛选体系的是一种类似于私人股本的投资方式。
• Underpinning this effort is a combative new memoir, No Retreat, No Surrender: One American's Fight.
  足以反映这一努力的是本充满火药味的新回忆录不退却，不投降，一个美国人的战斗。
• Underpinning this success has been an exemplary record of innovation.
  具有典范性的创新确保了这次成功。
• The economic transformation underpinning this shift in power was well under way before the global financial crisis.
  早在全球金融危机爆发前，为这种实力转移提供支持的经济转型就已经开始了。
• Annex B outlines the basic theoretical and practical concepts underpinning the design of absorbent materials.
  附录B列出了基础理论和吸波材料设计的实践思想。