underlie

英 [ˌʌndəˈlaɪ]

美 [ˌʌndərˈlaɪ]

v.  构成…的基础; 作为…的原因

现在分词：underlying　过去式：underlay　过去分词：underlay　第三人称单数：underlies　

考研TOEFLTEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.5797 / COCA.7604

牛津词典

verb

• 构成…的基础；作为…的原因
  to be the basis or cause of sth
  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. It is a principle that underlies all the party's policies.
     这是贯穿该党各项政策的一条准则。

柯林斯词典

• See also:Try to figure out what feeling underlies your anger....the energy which seems to underlie all human success.underlying

英英释义

verb

• be or form the base for
• lie underneath

双语例句

• Get some counseling or coaching to unwind the issues that underlie the fear and destructive behaviors.
  获得一些咨询或辅导，来解决潜藏在恐惧和破坏行为之下的问题。
• Psychological problems very often underlie apparently physical disorders.
  心理问题经常隐藏在明显的身体疾病下。
• This developmental flexibility may underlie the developmental and evolutionary diversity in tooth patterning.
  这种发育的可调控性可能说明在牙齿发育和进化过程中的多样性。
• This principle, which is taken to be valid throughout space and time, is said to underlie the method of physics.
  这个原理被看作是在整个空间和时间内有效，据说它是物理学方法的基础。
• Do Deeper Principles Underlie Quantum Uncertainty and Nonlocality?
  在量子不确定性和非定域性的下面还有更深层的原理吗？
• These rates underlie borrowing rates for households and businesses.
  这些利率是家庭和企业借贷利率的基础。
• Long-running disputes over land are thought to underlie many of the clashes.
  据信关于土地问题由来以久的争议也引发了许多冲突。
• They went so far as to question and thoroughly analyze the basic assumptions that underlie how fighters are judged and compared.
  他们对于基本功能的置疑和透彻分析是如此的深入以至于它们成为了如何在战斗机之间进行评断和比较的基础。
• Describe the neurochemical and behavioral processes that are thought to underlie the development of alcoholic dementia.
  叙述形成酒瘾性痴呆症的神经化学和行为之过程。
• Morality refers to the values that underlie the practices, customs, and activities of a culture.
  道德是指隐含于一种文化之中的行为、习俗和价值观。