undermine

[USA]/ˌʌndəˈmaɪn/
[UK]/ˌʌndərˈmaɪn/
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Oversættelse

vt. at bore en tunnel under noget; erodere fundamentet for noget gennem skjulte handlinger, gradvist svække.
Word Forms
Past Participleundermined
Third Person Singularundermines
Present Participleundermining
Past Tenseundermined

Eksempelsætninger

Rivers undermine their banks.

Floder underminerer deres bredder.

A mole can undermine the strongest rampart.

En muld kan underminere den stærkeste vold.

this could undermine years of hard work.

det kan underminere års hårdt arbejde.

Nothing can undermine their fast friendship.

Intet kan underminere deres hurtige venskab.

The soldiers undermined the wall.

Soldaterne underminerede muren.

Water has undermined the stone foundations.

Vand har undermineret de stenfundamenter.

Late hours can undermine one's health.

Sene timer kan underminere ens sundhed.

Badgers had undermined the foundations of the church.

Grævler havde undermineret kirkens fundament.

Illness undermined his strength.

Sygdom underminerede hans styrke.

Insults undermined her confidence.

Hån underminerede hendes selvtillid.

She tried to undermine our friendship.

Hun forsøgte at underminere vores venskab.

These incidents could seriously undermine support for the police.

Disse hændelser kunne alvorligt underminere støtten til politiet.

a crazy building, sapped and undermined by the rats.

en skør bygning, udgravet og undermineret af rotterne.

Many severe colds undermined the old man's health.

Mange alvorlige forkølelser underminerede den gamle mands sundhed.

The President's enemies are spreading rumours to undermine his authority.

Præsidentens fjender spreder rygter for at undergrave hans autoritet.

Her unwillingness to answer questions undermined the strength of her position.

Hendes uvillighed til at svare på spørgsmål underminerede styrken i hendes position.

his uncle's austerities had undermined his health.

hans onkels asketisme havde undermineret hans sundhed.

the novel undermines its own stated project of telling a story.

romanen underminerer sit eget erklærede projekt om at fortælle en historie.

Virkelige Eksempler

Pursuing one's own absolute security can only undermine global strategic stability.

At forfølge ens egen absolutte sikkerhed kan kun underminere global strategisk stabilitet.

Kilde: Wang Yi's speech at the United Nations General Assembly.

Over the past two decades, however, that notion has been undermined.

Men de sidste to årtier er det dog blevet undermineret.

Kilde: The Economist - Technology

And it's going to completely undermine education as we know it.

Og det kommer til at underminere uddannelsessystemet, som vi kender det.

Kilde: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

Without that, without that trust I think the agency is completely undermined.

Uden det, uden den tillid, tror jeg, at agenturet er fuldstændigt undermineret.

Kilde: VOA Standard English_Americas

Russia's actions, it said, undermined the basic security of Europe.

Ruslands handlinger, sagde det, underminerede Europas grundlæggende sikkerhed.

Kilde: BBC Listening September 2014 Compilation

But a bombing like this in Kabul can really undermine all of that.

Men et bombeangreb som dette i Kabul kan virkelig underminere alt det.

Kilde: NPR News April 2018 Collection

Well, some economists worry that higher wages could undermine the fight against inflation.

Nå, nogle økonomer er bekymrede for, at højere lønninger kan underminere kampen mod inflation.

Kilde: Financial Times

Such actions seriously undermined regional peace and stability.

Sådanne handlinger underminerede alvorligt regional fred og stabilitet.

Kilde: BBC Listening August 2016 Collection

Mr.Kobe said this was a fundamentally undermining the prospects for a two-state solution.

Hr. Kobe sagde, at det grundlæggende underminerede udsigten til en tostatsløsning.

Kilde: BBC Listening Collection July 2016

Depriving individuals of this choice undermines their autonomy and dignity.

At fratage individer dette valg underminerer deres autonomi og værdighed.

Kilde: VOA Daily Standard March 2018 Collection

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