undermine
US: /ˈəndɝˌmaɪn/
UK: /ˌʌndəmˈaɪn/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
undermine /,ʌndə'main/- ngoại động từ
- đào dưới chân; xói mòn chân
- làm hao mòn, phá ngầm, phá hoại, đục khoét
- to undermine the health of...: làm hao mòn sức khoẻ của...
- to undermine somebody's reputation: làm hại thanh danh của ai
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb [VN]1 to make sth, especially sb's confidence or authority, gradually weaker or less effective: Our confidence in the team has been seriously undermined by their recent defeats. + This crisis has undermined his position. + Recent changes have undermined teachers' morale.
2 to make sth weaker at the base, for example by digging under it
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 sap, drain, disable, weaken, debilitate, threaten, sabotage, subvert, damage, hurt, harm, impair, ruin, dash, wreck, spoil, Slang queer, bugger (up):
He said that the entire campaign would be undermined if the events of January 17th were ever revealed.
2 See undercut, 1, above.
undersizedadj.
under-size, little, short, small, petite, tiny, elfin, bantam, slight, mignon(ne); stunted, underdeveloped, runty, runtish, dwarfish, dwarfed, pygmy, squat; underweight, undeveloped:
These cattle are a bit undersized for market.
Collocation
ADV.
greatly, radically, seriously, severely
His position within the government has been seriously undermined.
| completely, totally | somewhat | further | effectively | fatally | subtly | gradually, increasingly, progressively | eventually | constantly
VERB + UNDERMINE
threaten to | attempt to, seek to, try to | help (to), serve to, tend to | be likely to | be designed to, be intended to
a terror attack intended to undermine the morale of citizens
Concise dictionary
undermines|undermined|undermining+destroy property or hinder normal operations
+hollow out as if making a cave or opening
