underlie
英[ʌndə'laɪ]
美[,ʌndɚ'laɪ]
- vt. 成为……的基础；位于……之下
词态变化
第三人称单数: underlies;过去式: underlay;过去分词: underlain;现在分词: underlying;
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。
来自《权威词典》
- 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.
来自辞典例句
- 3. You cannot dissociate the Government's actions from the policies which underlie them.
- 不能把政府的措施同作为其根据的政策割裂开.
来自辞典例句
- 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?
来自互联网
- 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.
来自互联网