underpins

英 [ˌʌndəˈpɪnz]

美 [ˌʌndərˈpɪnz]

v.  加强，巩固，构成(…的基础等); 加固(墙)基
underpin的第三人称单数

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

• Thus the health revolution underpins another of the revolutions of our era: the change in the role of women.
  因此，健康革命支撑了我们这个时代的另一场革命：女性角色的改变。
• Clean, safe drinking water and adequate sanitation underpins and will speed the achievement of all eight MDGs.
  清洁的安全饮水和充足的卫生设施是所有八项千年发展目标的基础并将加速这些目标的实现。
• An exploration of the human condition and life's rites of passage underpins my work.
  我的作品阐释的是对人类生存的探索，和对生、老、病、死等人生各阶段的解读。
• It is this idea, for example, that underpins recent efforts in developed and developing countries alike to promote the public's understanding of science.
  例如，正是这种观点支持了近来在发达国家和发展中国家同样地促进公众理解科学的举措。
• A renewed commitment to primary health care underpins efforts to improve the health of women.
  我们重申了对初级卫生保健的承诺，力求增进妇女健康。
• It will support Adobe Flash, the software that underpins some 90 per cent of the web videos.
  它将支持adobeflash，这款软件支持约90%的网络视频。
• The best available research evidence heavily underpins these guidelines.
  在这些指南背后起重要支撑作用的，正是那些具有可用性的最佳研究证据。
• The ability of banks to provide liquidity on demand underpins the financial system and the economy in general.
  银行具有随时按客户要求提供流动资金的能力，因而是维持金融体系和整体经济运作的支柱。
• More broadly, the redesigned Who Am I? gallery features in-depth examinations of memory, autism, DNA, genetics, the human brain and the technology that underpins it all.
  从更广义的角度看，这次重修的“我是谁”陈列室展示了对记忆方面的深入研究，以及对孤独症、DNA、遗传学、人脑和腿部的研究。
• Back-propagation is an algorithm that extends the analysis that underpins the delta rule to neural nets with hidden nodes.
  反向传播这一算法把支持delta规则的分析扩展到了带有隐藏节点的神经网络。