underpin 的意思是支撐,尤其指一個(gè)看法、論點(diǎn)得以成立的基礎(chǔ)。
Environmental analysts warned that wilder weather and rising sea levels could “underpin a whole host of social issues” such as poverty, violence and resource insecurity in African cities. 環(huán)境分析人士警告說(shuō),惡劣的天氣和海平面上升可能會(huì)給非洲城市帶來(lái)一系列社會(huì)問(wèn)題,包括貧困、暴力和資源無(wú)保障。
The United States and China are still far apart on the fundamental differences underpinning the trade war between them. 美中兩國(guó)之間在導(dǎo)致貿(mào)易戰(zhàn)的根本問(wèn)題上的分歧仍然相距甚遠(yuǎn)。