underpin

英 [ˌʌndə'pɪn] 美 [ˌʌndər'pɪn]

• v. 从下头支持；支撑

英英释义

Verb:

1. support from beneath

2. support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm;

   "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. China needs regional stability to underpin its continued economic growth.
   中国需要地区稳定来巩固其持续的经济增长。
2. These developments are underpinned by solid progress in heavy industry.
   重工业的稳固发展为这些进展打下了基础。
3. There are,however,two secular trends that underpin the growth in the industry.
   然而，有两项长期因素支撑着这行业的增长。

经典引文

• The large Subject Index..does not adequately underpin the guidebook function.

  出自：Nature

• Similar convictions underpinned the expansionist policy of..other Democratic leaders.

  出自：New York Review of Books

近反义词

【近义词】

• support 支持
• shore up 支撑
• prop up 支撑
• reinforce 加固
• buttress 扶墙
• fortify 加强
• underprop 顶撑(撑住
• jack up 顶起(顶高)
• strengthen 加强
• underlie 位于 ... 之下...
• give support to 帮助(援助
• bolster 长枕
• corroborate 确证
• bear out 证实