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

• Defective CD44 functioning appears to underlie the pathogenesis of atrophy.
  CD44功能缺陷似乎是皮肤萎缩发病的基础。
• 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。
• Now researchers have uncovered the changes in the brain that underlie that phenomenon.
  现在科学家们已经发现了这一现象背后的大脑变化。
• 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。
• 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。
• The translator's awareness of fictional rhythm and his translation style underlie the degree of the representation in question.
  小说节奏在译文中的再现程度取决于译者的小说节奏意识以及其翻译风格。
• The scientists believe that oxidative stress may underlie premature aging in these animals.
  科学家认为氧化应激可能是这些动物过早老化的原因。
• 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？
• Changing dietary preferences from grain-based to protein-based foodstuffs underlie a boom in food producers.
  正在发生变化的饮食偏好从以谷类为主到以蛋白质为主带来了食品生产的兴旺。