underpinned

英 [ˌʌndəˈpɪnd]

美 [ˌʌndərˈpɪnd]

v.  加强，巩固，构成(…的基础等); 加固(墙)基
underpin的过去分词和过去式

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

• We could sustain the single market, underpinned by institutions that match the integration of financial firms.
  有适应金融企业一体化的制度作支持，我们可以维持单一市场。
• What is different today is that globalization is being underpinned by breathtaking changes in information technology.
  今天所不同的是，全球化正在由信息技术的瞬间变化所支撑着。
• London's openness to foreigners and light regulatory touch has underpinned its role as the pre-eminent international centre.
  伦敦对外国人的开放和宽松的监管，是其成为顶尖国际金融中心的基石。
• A surveyor said that the problems were caused by subsidence and the house needed to be underpinned.
  一名勘测员说是地面下陷导致了这些问题出现，房子需要加固地基。
• Investment will continue to be underpinned by 1 00000 ongoing infrastructure projects and an accelerated public housing construction programme.
  正在进行的10万个基建项目以及加速建设保障性住房项目，都将继续支持投资增长。
• The engineering sector's success in Asia is underpinned by intellectual property.
  工程业在亚洲的成功，是建立在知识产权的基础之上。
• Increasing revenue from broadband and multinational companies have underpinned BT's improving performance.
  来自宽带和跨国公司业务的收入日益增长，帮助英国电信不断提升业绩。
• Gradually the laws that underpinned apartheid were abolished.
  渐渐地，支撑种族隔离制度的法律被废除了。
• The statue of Diana was underpinned with charred piles.
  Diana雕像是建造在炭化了的木桩上的。
• Similar concerns underpinned the 2008 launch of a commission on the measurement of economic performance and social progress by President Nicolas Sarkozy of France.
  类似的担心促使法国总统尼古拉萨科齐（nicolassarkozy）在2008年成立了一个委员会，负责衡量经济表现和社会进步。