underpin
英 [ʌndə'pɪn]
美[,ʌndɚ'pɪn]
- vt. 巩固；支持；从下面支撑；加强…的基础
词态变化
第三人称单数: underpins;过去式: underpinned;过去分词: underpinned;现在分词: underpinning;名词: underpinning;
中文词源
underpin 加强
under-, 在下面，pin, 别针，固定。引申义固定根基，加强。
英文词源
- underpin (v.)
- "support or prop," 1520s (figurative); 1530s (literal), from under + pin (v.). Related: Underpinned; underpinning.
双语例句
- 1. Producers have, therefore, preferred term sales contracts to underpin upfront investment.
- 因此, 生产商青睐长期销售合约,以保证前期投资.
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- 2. That reality must underpin our partnership.
- 这一现实必须支撑我们的合作伙伴关系.
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- 3. That really must underpin our partnership.
- 我们的伙伴关系必须基于这一现实.
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- 4. There are, however, two secular trends that underpin the growth in the industry.
- 然而, 有两项长期因素支撑着这行业的增长.
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- 5. Candour has its place in foreign policy, but it requires a strategy to underpin the rhetoric.
- 在外交政策方面,坦诚很重要, 但这种言论必须有相应策略作为基础.
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