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

• Physics is one of the most important sciences underpinning development, yet is often ignored by developing countries.
  物理学是支持发展的最重要的科学学科，然而在发展中国家它经常被忽视。
• Stability requires strategic clarity and an underpinning of universal values, even if they are not uniform.
  维持稳定要求战略清晰，支持普世价值&即使这些普世价值并不一致。
• Prof Sims was awarded his share of the prize for his statistical models underpinning many macro-economic models today.
  西姆斯之所以能够分享今年的诺贝尔经济学奖，是因为他创建了支撑当今许多宏观经济模型的一些统计模型。
• Study of Key Techniques of Foundation Underpinning Using Steel Pipe Pile
  利用钢管桩实施基础托换的关键技术研究
• 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。
• For governments, International Standards provide the technological and scientific bases underpinning health, safety and environmental legislation.
  对政府来说：国际标准将对环境、安全、健康等方面的立法提供了技术和科学依据。
• Governance is a key underpinning to the SOA life cycle.
  在SOA生命周期中，管理是一个关键的基础。
• Underpinning this poor performance is lack of political will to tackle tobacco control and the tobacco industry.
  导致这种现象的根本原因是政治上缺乏应对控烟和烟草企业的意愿。
• Such behaviour attacks the moral underpinning of society.
  这样的行为侵害了社会的道德基础。
• Rather, it agreed to endorse only the principles underpinning the EITI, making its rules non-binding.
  非但如此，柬埔寨还仅仅支持EITI的基本原则，这就意味着其中的规则对他们毫无约束。