Underlie
[ʌndə'laɪ] or [,ʌndɚ'laɪ]
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To lie under; to rest beneath; to be situated under; as, a stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel.
(v. t.) To be at the basis of; to form the foundation of; to support; as, a doctrine underlying a theory.
(v. t.) To be subject or amenable to.
(v. i.) To lie below or under.
(n.) See Underlay, n., 1.
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解釋/意思:
v.t. to lie under or beneath: to be liable to.—adj. Underly′ing lying under or lower in position: supporting fundamental.
校對:斯宾塞
例句/造句/用法:
- The metal underlying the silver plate of the best plated teaspoons is of nickel silver, a trade name for a metal composed of nickel, copper and zinc. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Muhammad's appeal, for example, was to the traditional chivalry and underlying monotheistic feelings of the intelligent Arabs of his time. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The underlying phenomena were similar, the difference consisting largely in the arrangement of the circuits and apparatus. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Mo reover, the electrical theory of matter lends support to the hypothesis that there is a fundamental unitary element underlying all the so-called elements. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- However, he early began his collection of minerals and observed the relation of the soil and the vegetation to the underlying ro cks. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- The underlying churchyard was already settling into deep dim shade, and the shade was creeping up to the housetops among which they sat. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Look, here is a trifle of the red that underlay the gilt. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- But consider the romance that underlay it! 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- America does not play with ideas; generous speculation is regarded as insincere, and shunned as if it might endanger the optimism which underlies success. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- If called upon to name the most important of all factors of human existence, that which underlies and sustains all others, even to life itself, everyone must agree that it is _food_. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- We look at the great picture and we admire the genius of the artist, but how rarely we realize the no less wonderful patience, the no less wonderful struggle that underlies what we see. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- One motive was the need of a measurement of time, the same motive as underlies the common interest in the calendar and almanac. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
校對:西尔玛