underpins

英 [ˌʌndəˈpɪnz]

美 [ˌʌndərˈpɪnz]

v.  加强，巩固，构成(…的基础等); 加固(墙)基
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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

• The human spirit underpins it and connects us all.
  人道精神是它的支撑，把我们所有人连接起来。
• It is this idea, for example, that underpins recent efforts in developed and developing countries alike to promote the public's understanding of science.
  例如，正是这种观点支持了近来在发达国家和发展中国家同样地促进公众理解科学的举措。
• It argues that environmental sustainability underpins progress on other MDGs.
  它认为，环境的可持续性是实现其它千年发展目标的基础。
• This strategy should also encourage China to support the international system of fair competition that underpins its growth.
  这一战略同时也应鼓励中国，支持公平竞争的国际体系，而公平竞争是增长的基础。
• It will support Adobe Flash, the software that underpins some 90 per cent of the web videos.
  它将支持adobeflash，这款软件支持约90%的网络视频。
• Back-propagation is an algorithm that extends the analysis that underpins the delta rule to neural nets with hidden nodes.
  反向传播这一算法把支持delta规则的分析扩展到了带有隐藏节点的神经网络。
• SOA governance and processes, as defined above, underpins these four phases.
  正如上面定义的，SOA治理和流程为这四个阶段提供支持。
• An exploration of the human condition and life's rites of passage underpins my work.
  我的作品阐释的是对人类生存的探索，和对生、老、病、死等人生各阶段的解读。
• His presence at the crime underpins the case against him.
  案子发生时他在场对他更不利。
• If the argument is lost in any of the major world economies, the political consensus that underpins globalisation could unravel.
  如果这种主张在任何一个主要全球经济体中不能站住脚，作为全球化基石的政治共识就可能瓦解。