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单词 underpin
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underpin
verb[T]
uk
/ˌʌn.dəˈpɪn/us
/ˌʌn.dɚˈpɪn/
-nn-
architectureformalorspecialized
to givesupport,strength, or abasicstructureto something:
支撑；加强；巩固；构成（基础）
Hepresenteddatato underpin hisargument.他提供了一些数据来支持他的论点。
Gradually thelawsthat underpinned(=formedpartof thebasicstructureof)apartheidwereabolished.以种族隔离制度为基础的法律被逐步废除了。
Whenrestoringthebuilding, the firstprioritywas to underpin theexteriorwallsbyaddingwoodensupportsalong thefoundations.修复这座建筑物时，首先要做的是沿着地基给外墙增加木支撑。
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Physical supports and supporting
  • abutment
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  • burden
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  • pile
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  • propsomethingup
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  • sinew
  • unsupported
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(Definition ofunderpinfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

underpin| Business English

underpin
verb[T]
uk
/ˌʌndəˈpɪn/us
/-dɚ-/
-nn-
to givesupportto something orprovidethestartingpointfrom which something candevelop:
Fallingunemploymentwaslikelyto underpinconsumerconfidence.
These newproductsarepartof aline-upthat will underpin the company'srecovery.
(Definition ofunderpinfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunderpin

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In both of these studies maximising choice and control over one's life emerged as key themes which underpinned these more specific outcomes.
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Not only is much of its aid tied, it also helps tounderpinthe political economies of narrow state elites.
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This claim is supported by the fact that most of the existing multi-agent languages are not yet fully underpinned by a clear semantic description.
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It is more an exposition of principles thatunderpincurriculum design, together with examples of how these might work in practice.
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The goals or policies of agenciesunderpinthe resource exchanges set out in agency framework documents.
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In fact, the decentralisation project threatened the clientelist politicians who depended on health care patronage to sustain the political networks that underpinned their electoral machines.
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The commitment to continuing to play was underpinned by an awareness of the long-term nature of the p roject they had undertaken.
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Different notions of social participation appear tounderpinthe situation in each country.
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Jennings et al. (2000) note that negotiation underpins any attempt at coordinating multiple agents (human or software).
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For one, the idea of tribe underpins the approaches to tradition, chieftaincy and customary law discussed above.
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The same considerations should, presumably,underpinreviews of policing in democratic societies.
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The specific conjectures to be outlined can probably be underpinned by more fundamental features of which they are the implications.
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While most academic narratives are sensitive to this, the normative concepts of culture stillunderpintheoretical approaches to acculturation.
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While some legal restraints on labour may exist, liberalized labour markets are underpinned principally by the electoral dominance of pro-neoliberal parties.
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It is also argued that two institutions are particularly important in underpinning patriarchal capitalism, that is paid employment and the family.
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