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

• Their buying would send a signal to the private sector that Treasuries are underpinned by their biggest owners.
  它们的购买行为将向私人部门发出一个信号，即美国国债得到其最大拥有者群体的支持。
• 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。
• That growing indifference seems to have underpinned a longer-term trend.
  股民们越来越缺乏兴趣，似乎支持了一种更长期的趋势。
• His principled stance and the moral force that underpinned it were decisive in dismantling the system of apartheid.
  在废除种族隔离制度的过程中，他的原则立场以及支撑这一立场的道义力量发挥了决定性的作用。
• Growth is underpinned by reform, Mr Paulson said.
  保尔森表示：改革将支撑经济增长。
• We could sustain the single market, underpinned by institutions that match the integration of financial firms.
  有适应金融企业一体化的制度作支持，我们可以维持单一市场。
• But this stability has always been underpinned by coercion and the threat of force.
  但是，这种稳定的基础一直是暴力强制。
• 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。
• London's openness to foreigners and light regulatory touch has underpinned its role as the pre-eminent international centre.
  伦敦对外国人的开放和宽松的监管，是其成为顶尖国际金融中心的基石。
• Has the experimental data been discussed? His conclusions are underpinned by experimental findings.
  试验结果讨论了没有？试验结果证实了他的结论。