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- underlie something
to be the basis or cause of something 构成…的基础；作为…的原因 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。 🔊🔊 It is a principle that underlies all the party's policies. 这是贯穿该党各项政策的一条准则。 🔊🔊
Oxford Collocations DictionaryUnderlie is used with these nouns as the subject:- assumption
- issue
- philosophy
- …
Word OriginOld English underlicgan ‘be subject or subordinate to’ (from under-, lie1).