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underpin

verb
🔊/ˌʌndəˈpɪn/
🔊/ˌʌndərˈpɪn/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they underpin
🔊/ˌʌndəˈpɪn/
🔊/ˌʌndərˈpɪn/
he / she / it underpins
🔊/ˌʌndəˈpɪnz/
🔊/ˌʌndərˈpɪnz/
past simple underpinned
🔊/ˌʌndəˈpɪnd/
🔊/ˌʌndərˈpɪnd/
past participle underpinned
🔊/ˌʌndəˈpɪnd/
🔊/ˌʌndərˈpɪnd/
-ing form underpinning
🔊/ˌʌndəˈpɪnɪŋ/
🔊/ˌʌndərˈpɪnɪŋ/
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  1. underpin something (formal) to support or form the basis of an argument, a claim, etc.加强，巩固，构成（…的基础等）
    • The report is underpinned by extensive research.这份报告以广泛的研究为基础。🔊🔊
    Topics Opinion and argumentc2
  2. underpin something (specialist) to support a wall and make it stronger by putting metal, concrete (= a hard building material), etc. under it 加固（墙）基