underpinned

英 [ˌʌndəˈpɪnd]

美 [ˌʌndərˈpɪnd]

v.  加强，巩固，构成(…的基础等); 加固(墙)基
underpin的过去分词和过去式

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

• Human progress, as Keynes recognised, has always been underpinned by organisations.
  正如凯恩斯所言，人类进步总要有组织的支持。
• In a market economy, the taking of risk is disciplined by bankruptcy, not underpinned by taxpayers.
  在市场经济里，应通过破产来约束冒险行为，而不是让纳税人支持冒险。
• Some of the most valuable brands are underpinned by both trust and recommendation another key finding from the rankings.
  一些最具价值品牌同时获得了信赖与推荐这是此次排行的另一个重大发现。
• Countries such as Australia and Qatar have strengthened their positions as leading gas exporters, but LNG remains a contract-based market involving bilateral deals rather than being underpinned by a world spot market.
  澳大利亚和卡塔尔等国加强了它们作为主要天然气出口国的地位，但液化天然气市场仍基于双边协议合同，而非国际现货市场。
• All these world conventions are underpinned by science.
  所有这些世界惯例的基础都是科学。
• The IMF holds SDRs, underpinned by dollar, euro, yen and pound, as its reserve currency.
  IMF将美元、欧元、日元和英镑支持的SDR作为储备货币。
• Gradually the laws that underpinned apartheid were abolished.
  渐渐地，支撑种族隔离制度的法律被废除了。
• A surveyor said that the problems were caused by subsidence and the house needed to be underpinned.
  一名勘测员说是地面下陷导致了这些问题出现，房子需要加固地基。
• What is different today is that globalization is being underpinned by breathtaking changes in information technology.
  今天所不同的是，全球化正在由信息技术的瞬间变化所支撑着。
• Upbeat comments from central bank officials in Australia and China about their countries 'economies underpinned the positive view of the region.
  澳大利亚和中国的央行官员针对本国经济的乐观评论，支持了人们对亚太地区的积极看法。