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

• 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。
• Over the past two decades, molecular neuroscientists have identified key molecules and mechanisms that underlie synapse development, activity and stability.
  在过去的二十年中，分子神经科学家已确定的关键分子和机制，突触发育，活性和稳定性的基础。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Glycemic control appeared to underlie the antihypertensive effects of intensive therapy.
  控制血糖似乎是强化治疗抗高血压作用的基础。
• 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。
• Try to figure out what feeling underlies your anger.
  努力找出你的愤怒之下潜藏的情感。
• 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。
• 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。