undermine

undermine /,ʌndə'main/
  • ngoại động từ
    • đào dưới chân; xói mòn chân
    • làm hao mòn, phá ngầm, phá hoại, đục khoét
      • to undermine the health of...: làm hao mòn sức khoẻ của...
      • to undermine somebody's reputation: làm hại thanh danh của ai

Lĩnh vực: hóa học & vật liệu
 khai đào ngầm

o   khai đào ngầm


Xem thêm: sabotage, countermine, counteract, subvert, weaken, cave



undermine

Từ điển Collocation

undermine verb

ADV. greatly, radically, seriously, severely His position within the government has been seriously undermined. | completely, totally | somewhat | further | effectively | fatally | subtly | gradually, increasingly, progressively | eventually | constantly

VERB + UNDERMINE threaten to | attempt to, seek to, try to | help (to), serve to, tend to | be likely to | be designed to, be intended to a terror attack intended to undermine the morale of citizens


Từ điển WordNet

    v.

  • destroy property or hinder normal operations; sabotage, countermine, counteract, subvert, weaken

    The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war

  • hollow out as if making a cave or opening; cave

    The river was caving the banks


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

undermines|undermined|undermining
syn.: destroy sabotage weaken