v.(动词)

1. 成为...的基础，构成...的基础，是...的基础
2. 位处在...下面，位于...之下，置于...之下，存在于（某物）之下
3. 【经】拥有优先于...的权利，作为优先于...的担保
4. 【语】成为语根
5. 作为…的原因，引起
6. 【经】优先于

n.(名词)

1. （毛毡﹑ 泡沫塑料﹑ 橡胶等做的）衬垫

v.(动词)

1. vt. 位于或存在于(某物)之下 lie or exist beneath (sth)
2. vt. 构成…的基础(或起因）;引起 form the basis of;cause

Verb:

1. be or form the base for

2. lie underneath

1.为…的起因；构成…的基础
If somethingunderlies a feeling or situation, it is the cause or basis of it.

e.g. Try to figure out what feeling underlies your anger.
努力找出你的愤怒之下潜藏的情感。
e.g. ...the energy which seems tounderlie all human success.
人类一切成功背后似乎都不可缺少的干劲

1. 位于：underlet 廉价出租 |underlie 位于 | underline 下划线

2. 位于...之下;成为...的基础：tropic 回归线 ;热带的 |underlie 位于...之下;成为...的基础 | vein 血管 ;静脉

3.

3. 位于...之下：Underfoot 在脚下 |underlie 位于...之下 | Bring...into play 使...发挥作用

4. 成为....的基础(形容)：uncivilized 未开化的(形容) |underlie 成为....的基础(形容) | unscrupulous+ 不择手段的(形容)

Shale underlies coal.

页岩层在煤层之下。

Technology improvements underlie these trends.

科技进步将成为此发展趋势的基础。

Many factors underlie my decision.

我的决定以众多因素为基础

A deep faith underlies her work among refugees.

她在难民中工作是因为她有很深的信念。

Dividends for preferred stock underlie those of common stock.

优先股比普通股享有优先分红权。

These ideas underlie much of his work.

他的作品大部分都是以这些主题思想为基础。

These doubts underlie the interpretations that we shall now discuss.

这些疑问正是我们所要讨论的分析实验结果的依据.

Does some personal difficulty underlie his lack of interest in work?

是否有某种个人困难引致他对工作缺乏兴趣?

This rock type originates in the magma chambers that underlie volcanoes.

这种岩石源自火山底下的岩浆库.

Describe bipolar depression, and the theories that underlie its present treatment.

叙述双相抑郁症和现今治疗背后的理论.

Do Deeper Principles underlie Quantum Uncertainty and Nonlocality?

在量子不确定性和非定域性的下面还有更深层的原理 吗 ?

Technology improvements underlie these trends.

科技进步将成为此发展趋势的基础.

Many facts underlie my decision.

我的决定是以许多事实为依据的.

Describe the neurochemical and behavioral processes that are thought to underlie the development of alcoholic dementia.

叙述形成酒瘾性痴呆症的神经化学和行为之过程.

What drug treatments are available, and what neurochemical mechanisms probably underlie their actions?

可用什麽样的药物治疗, 什麽样的神经化学机制造成他们的行为?

All these factors which underlie our success have been guaranteed in the Basic Law.

所有这些成功要素,在《基本法》内都一一得到了保障.

The mechanisms that underlie induction, maintenance, termination of a tumor dormancy are of great clinical importance.

阐明诱导 、 维持和终止肿瘤休眠的机制具有重要的临床意义.

In area of deep frost penetration, sub - bases of clean, noncapillary materials often underlie the regular course.

在深冻地区公路施工中,人们通常在 基层 之下用干净的 、 不发生毛细作用的材料铺筑一层底基层.

Concepts of objects in general underlie all empirical knowledge as its apriori condition.

一般而言的对象的概念就作为先天条件成为所有经验知识的基础.

For Computer Scientists, research means searching to uncover the principles that underlie digital computation and communication.

对于计算机科学家, 研究意味着揭示数字计算和通讯之下的规律.

用作及物动词S+ ～+n./pron.

1. A deep faith underlies his work among the workers.
   他在工人中得以顺利开展工作是因为工人信任他。
2. I think a lack of confidence underlies his manner.
   我认为他表现出的态度是因为他缺乏信心。

• He underlies also the graver charge of intentional misrepresentation.

  出自：J. W. Donaldson