underlie

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un·der·lie /ˌʌndəˈlaɪ $ -ər-/ AWL verb (past tensepst underlay /-ˈleɪ/, past participlepp underlain /-ˈleɪn/, present participle underlying, third person singular3rd underlies) [transitiveT] formal

CAUSEto be the cause of something, or be the basic thing from which something develops 作为…的原因；构成…的基础

the one basic principle that underlies all of the party’s policies

贯穿该党各项政策的那一条基本原则

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Examples from the Corpus

underlie• This concept underlies a technique for compressing video which has become vitally important in multimedia.• In other words the principle of provenance which underlies archival recordkeeping takes on a different form when electronic information is being considered.• The soil is underlain by hard clay.• Try spider plants, as they absorb formaldehyde, which is found in synthetic carpets, underlay, chipboard and wood treatments.• I am proud of the invitation and the hard-won respect that underlies it.• Social problems and poverty underlie much of the crime in today's big cities.• The possibility that the gender-differentiated self-strategies I proposed could be combined in different ways underlies my intention in proposing them.• This underlies the necessity of the mutuality mentioned in the last paragraphs.• The traffic of ions into and out of neurons underlies their capacity to generate and transmit electrical signals.• To some extent unconventional sources of natural gas, new technology, and new economic incentives, underlie this greater optimism.

un·der·lie verb

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TOEFL BNC: 5797 COCA: 7604

underlie

To involve, or to be the result of something: result, follow, come out of...

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