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

• Underpinning such initiatives is a need to describe reusable assets.
  支撑这样的发起需要描述可重用资产。
• 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 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；
• 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 success has been an exemplary record of innovation.
  具有典范性的创新确保了这次成功。
• 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。
• 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。
• Underpinning the detailed screening system is a private equity-like approach.
  支持其详尽筛选体系的是一种类似于私人股本的投资方式。
• Such behaviour attacks the moral underpinning of society.
  这样的行为侵害了社会的道德基础。