英語單詞

underlie是什麽意思

underlie

英 [ʌndə'laɪ] 美 [,ʌndɚ'laɪ]
  • vt. 成為……的基礎;位於……之下

英文詞源


underlie (v.)
Old English under licgan "to be subordinate to, to submit to;" see under + lie (v.2). Meaning "to lie under or beneath" is attested from c. 1600; figurative sense of "to be the basis of" is attested from 1852 (implied in underlying). Similar formation in Old High German untarliggan; German unterliegen.

雙語例句


1. These ideas underlie much of his work.
他的作品大部分都是以這些主題思想為基礎。

來自《權威詞典》

2. These doubts underlie the interpretations that we shall now discuss.
這些疑問正是我們所要討論的分析實驗結果的依據.

來自辭典例句

3. You cannot dissociate the Government's actions from the policies which underlie them.
不能把政府的措施同作為其根據的政策割裂開.

來自辭典例句

4. Does some personal difficulty underlie his lack of interest in work?
是否有某種個人困難引致他對工作缺乏興趣?

來自互聯網

5. This rock type originates in the magma chambers that underlie volcanoes.
這種岩石源自火山底下的岩漿庫.

來自互聯網

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