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

• By the collapse accident treatment on a building, the treatment principle and effect of lime pile underpinning is analysed.
  通过对某一建筑湿陷事故的处理，分析了石灰桩基础托换技术在处理地基湿陷事故中的机理及效果。
• The design of underpinning beams under columns with upside-down nibs is safe and reasonable for loading.
  柱下托换梁采用倒置牛腿设计，托换结构受力合理、安全可靠；
• Such behaviour attacks the moral underpinning of society.
  这样的行为侵害了社会的道德基础。
• I believe these will serve as a theoretical underpinning for generally accepted project management practice.
  我相信这些原则将为通用的公认的项目管理实践提供理论基础。
• The provision of support for walls of adjacent property including underpinning should this be necessary.
  为邻近财产隔离墙提供支架，如有必要，应同时提供加强基础。
• 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。
• Underpinning this success has been an exemplary record of innovation.
  具有典范性的创新确保了这次成功。
• 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。
• Underpinning all this was the commitment to internal audit of the most senior people in the Department.
  对该部门多数高层官员内部审计的承诺为所有这些打下了基础。
• 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。