underpinned

英 [ˌʌndəˈpɪnd]

美 [ˌʌndərˈpɪnd]

v. 加强，巩固，构成(…的基础等); 加固(墙)基
underpin的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

VERB 加强…的基础；巩固；支撑
If one thingunderpinsanother, it helps the other thing to continue or succeed by supporting and strengthening it.
1. ...mystical themes that underpin all religions...
  支撑所有宗教的神秘主题
2. ...the beliefs underpinning contemporary art.
  支撑现代艺术的一些观念
3. ...a style of life extensively underpinned by public money.
  极度依赖公款支出的生活方式

双语例句

Indeed, they are underpinned by a belief that risk-taking and investment should receive a fair reward.
事实上，这些提议是基于承担风险和投资应该得到公正奖励的信条。
London's openness to foreigners and light regulatory touch has underpinned its role as the pre-eminent international centre.
伦敦对外国人的开放和宽松的监管，是其成为顶尖国际金融中心的基石。
Some of the most valuable brands are underpinned by both trust and recommendation another key finding from the rankings.
一些最具价值品牌同时获得了信赖与推荐这是此次排行的另一个重大发现。
In the past, Samsung's chip and components divisions underpinned by years of massive capital spending propelled the company's earnings.
过去，三星电子的芯片和零件部门推动了公司的盈利增长，这些部门多年以来受到了大规模资本支出的支持。
A surveyor said that the problems were caused by subsidence and the house needed to be underpinned.
一名勘测员说是地面下陷导致了这些问题出现，房子需要加固地基。
Their buying would send a signal to the private sector that Treasuries are underpinned by their biggest owners.
它们的购买行为将向私人部门发出一个信号，即美国国债得到其最大拥有者群体的支持。
What is different today is that globalization is being underpinned by breathtaking changes in information technology.
今天所不同的是，全球化正在由信息技术的瞬间变化所支撑着。
Similar concerns underpinned the 2008 launch of a commission on the measurement of economic performance and social progress by President Nicolas Sarkozy of France.
类似的担心促使法国总统尼古拉萨科齐（nicolassarkozy）在2008年成立了一个委员会，负责衡量经济表现和社会进步。
Has the experimental data been discussed? His conclusions are underpinned by experimental findings.
试验结果讨论了没有？试验结果证实了他的结论。
His principled stance and the moral force that underpinned it were decisive in dismantling the system of apartheid.
在废除种族隔离制度的过程中，他的原则立场以及支撑这一立场的道义力量发挥了决定性的作用。