undermine

zayıflatmak, baltalamak

Bir çabayı, ilişkiyi veya inancı zayıflatmak ya da başarı şansını azaltmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To make an effort, relationship, or belief weaker or less likely to succeed.

• His lies undermine our trust.
• Constant criticism undermined her confidence.
• These delays could undermine our efforts to finish on time.

Eş anlamlılar: weaken, damage, sabotage

Zıt anlamlılar: strengthen, support

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: undermine confidence, undermine someone’s efforts, undermine trust, undermine authority

altını oymak

Bir şeyin altındaki toprağı veya desteği kaldırarak onu zayıflatmak ya da yıkılabilecek hale getirmek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To remove earth or support from below something, making it weak or likely to fall.

• Floodwater undermined the garden wall.
• The river is undermining the bank beneath the road.
• Soldiers dug tunnels to undermine the castle’s foundations.

Eş anlamlılar: sap, erode

Zıt anlamlılar: support

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: undermine a wall, undermine the foundations, undermine a bank