undoing

英 [ʌn'duːɪŋ] 美 [ʌn'duːɪŋ]

• n. 祸根；失败的原因
• 动词undo的现在分词形式.

英英释义

Noun:

1. an act that makes a previous act of no effect (as if not done)

2. loosening the ties that fasten something;

   "the tying of bow ties is an art; the untying is easy"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Greed was his undoing.
   贪婪就是坠落
2. He was not to know then that this was to prove his undoing.
   当时他并不知道，这件事为他种下了祸根。
3. In the end his ambition was his undoing.
   到最后他的野心是他完蛋的原因。
4. Stress can be the undoing of so many fine players.
   紧张可能是这许多优秀选手失败的原因。
5. That proved to be my undoing, for I soon got back to my old bad habit of dozing off in front of the screen.
   这证明了我的失败，因为我不久就回到电视屏幕前打瞌睡的坏习惯去了。

经典引文

• He was not the first that has..brought about his own undoing.

  出自： Thackeray

词汇搭配

• undo 解开

近反义词

【近义词】

• loss 遗失
• downfall 垮台
• ruin 毁灭
• ruination 毁灭
• collapse （使）倒塌
• destruction 破坏
• humiliation 耻辱
• shame 羞愧
• defeat 挫败
• unfastening 动词unfasten的现...
• untying untie的现在分词...