单词	underlie
释义	underlieun‧der‧lie /ˌʌndəˈlaɪ $ -ər-/ AWL verb (past tense underlay /-ˈleɪ/, past participle underlain /-ˈleɪn/, present participle underlying, third person singular underlies) [transitive] formal Verb Table VERB TABLE underlie Simple Form Present I, you, we, they underlie he, she, it underlies Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they underlay Present perfect I, you, we, they have underlain he, she, it has underlain Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had underlain Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will underlie Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have underlain Continuous Form Present I am underlying he, she, it is underlying you, we, they are underlying Past I, he, she, it was underlying you, we, they were underlying Present perfect I, you, we, they have been underlying he, she, it has been underlying Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been underlying Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be underlying Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been underlying Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Social problems and poverty underlie much of the crime in today's big cities. The soil is underlain by hard clay. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS I am proud of the invitation and the hard-won respect that underlies it. In other words the principle of provenance which underlies archival recordkeeping takes on a different form when electronic information is being considered. The possibility that the gender-differentiated self-strategies I proposed could be combined in different ways underlies my intention in proposing them. The traffic of ions into and out of neurons underlies their capacity to generate and transmit electrical signals. This underlies the necessity of the mutuality mentioned in the last paragraphs. This concept underlies a technique for compressing video which has become vitally important in multimedia. To some extent unconventional sources of natural gas, new technology, and new economic incentives, underlie this greater optimism. Try spider plants, as they absorb formaldehyde, which is found in synthetic carpets, underlay, chipboard and wood treatments. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the underlying aim (=a basic aim, that people sometimes do not notice)· The games all have an underlying aim: survival. ► a basic/fundamental/underlying assumption · There is a basic assumption in international law that a state will protect its citizens. ► an underlying assumption (=a belief that is used as the basis for an idea, but which may not be correct)· There seems to be an underlying assumption in what he says that women are weaker than men. ► the fundamental/underlying cause (=the root cause)· The underlying cause of insomnia is often anxiety. ► the underlying issue (=the cause, or a more important problem that is related to something)· This research explores some of the underlying issues related to high unemployment. ► underlying logic (=logic that is important, but not easily noticed)· These word lists show students the underlying logic of English spelling. ► an underlying motive (=a motive that is not directly stated)· The treaty’s underlying motive was to make Japan a strong ally of the US. ► the principle underlying something · What are the principles underlying this form of treatment? ► an underlying theme (=one that is important but not very noticeable)· One of the book’s underlying themes is the struggle for human rights. ► the underlying/long-term trend (=the trend over a long period of time)· The underlying trend is for rich economies to get richer. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► assumption · This assumption underlies literacy programmes both in the developed and developing world.· Parham marked... a pronounced turnabout in the assumptions believed to underlie juvenile mental health law.· Such an assumption underlies the ethnographic papers in this volume, and the argument will be further elaborated below.· No such assumption underlies the attributions of neutrality.· But this decision will need to be informed by an understanding of what theoretical assumptions underlie the different descriptions.· Ageist assumptions underlie policies in the social security field and not surprisingly therefore, these policies reinforce age discrimination.· It should examine the attitudes, values and assumptions that underlie the kind of information that comes from various sources. ► factor · Although many factors will underlie such disparity, I suspect there are two, so far unmentioned, which are relevant.· This research aims to investigate the factors that underlie the current restructuring of that sector. ► principle · That principle underlies all the policies in this Manifesto.· So the artist, with his brush, is manipulating tinctures of the very principles that underlie all nature.· In other words the principle of provenance which underlies archival recordkeeping takes on a different form when electronic information is being considered.· We have looked at some of the key principles that underlie microeconomics.· The Second Reading of a Bill usually deals with the principles that underlie it.· Underlying principles Four principles therefore underlie randomised prevention trials.· Many of the principles which underlay the provision of rural housing in the nineteenth century reasserted themselves in a new institutional framework. Word family WORD FAMILYadjectiveunderlyingverbunderlie to be the cause of something, or be the basic thing from which something develops:  the one basic principle that underlies all of the party’s policies → underlying
随便看	expansive expansively expansiveness expat expatiate expatriate expect expectancy expectant expectantly expectation expectorant expectorate expediency expedient expedite expedition expeditionary force expeditious expeditiously expel expend expendable expenditure expense

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