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underlie

英 [ʌndə'laɪ] 美 [,ʌndɚ'laɪ]

vt. 成为……的基础；位于……之下

英文词源

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.

双语例句

1. These ideas underlie much of his work.: 他的作品大部分都是以这些主题思想为基础。

2. These doubts underlie the interpretations that we shall now discuss.: 这些疑问正是我们所要讨论的分析实验结果的依据.

3. You cannot dissociate the Government's actions from the policies which underlie them.: 不能把政府的措施同作为其根据的政策割裂开.

4. Does some personal difficulty underlie his lack of interest in work?: 是否有某种个人困难引致他对工作缺乏兴趣?

5. This rock type originates in the magma chambers that underlie volcanoes.: 这种岩石源自火山底下的岩浆库.