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

• Attitudes: Attitudes underlie the way we behave and communicate and the way we interpret messages from others.
  态度：态度是我们行为处事和沟通的基础，同样也是我们从别人那获得信息的基础。
• Try to figure out what feeling underlies your anger.
  努力找出你的愤怒之下潜藏的情感。
• These assignments will encourage you to ask questions, to consider the assumptions and definitions that underlie a conflict, to analyze and argue.
  这些作业将会鼓励你提出问题、在与合理性有所冲突的基础上考虑其假设和定义，来进行分析和论证。
• Too many organisations use a risk process without understanding the principles that underlie effective risk management.
  太多组织使用风险流程但是却不了解其所隐含的有效风险管理原则。
• 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。
• All these factors which underlie our success have been guaranteed in the Basic Law.
  所有这些成功要素，在《基本法》内都一一得到了保障。
• International Circulation: The mechanisms that underlie adverse cardiovascular outcomes in diabetic patients have not been well characterized.
  《国际循环》：糖尿病患者心脏疾病预后不佳的机制还不清楚。
• From this experience, they gain the instincts and intuition, as well as the knowledge that underlie an understanding of the interrelation of tactical and operational possibilities and needs.
  从这样的经验里，他们获得（指挥的）本能和直觉，或者说这样的知识存在于对战术性的和作战性的可能与需求的相互关联的理解。
• The secretary said the poverty and instability in Somalia that underlie the piracy problem are not being forgotten.
  克林顿国务卿说，潜伏在海盗问题下面的索马里的贫困和不稳定没有被忘记。
• 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。