underpin

• vt. 鞏固；支持；從下麵支撐；加強…的基礎

under-, 在下麵，pin, 別針，固定。引申義固定根基，加強。

underpin (v.)

"support or prop," 1520s (figurative); 1530s (literal), from under + pin (v.). Related: Underpinned; underpinning.

1. Producers have, therefore, preferred term sales contracts to underpin upfront investment.

因此, 生產商青睞長期銷售合約,以保證前期投資.

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2. That reality must underpin our partnership.

這一現實必須支撐我們的合作夥伴關係.

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3. That really must underpin our partnership.

我們的夥伴關係必須基於這一現實.

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4. There are, however, two secular trends that underpin the growth in the industry.

然而, 有兩項長期因素支撐著這行業的增長.

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5. Candour has its place in foreign policy, but it requires a strategy to underpin the rhetoric.

在外交政策方麵,坦誠很重要, 但這種言論必須有相應策略作為基礎.

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