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单词 undoing
释义 undoing
noun
Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of undon to undo — more at undo
1. : loosing, unfastening
2.
 a. : a bringing to naught : destruction, ruin
  < cocaine … leads to his complete undoing by destroying his mental equipment — A.C.Morrison >
 b. : a cause of ruin
  < a redhead who was to prove my undoing — C.C.Wertenbaker >
3. : the reversal, cancellation, or annulment of something done : reinstatement of a condition existing previous to some act or accomplishment
 < would settle for nothing less than the complete undoing of his country's calamitous defeat and humiliation >
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