Old English under licgan "to be subordinate to, to submit to;" see under + lie (v.2). Meaning "to lie under or beneath" is attested from c. 1600; figurative sense of "to be the basis of" is attested from 1852 (implied in underlying). Similar formation in Old High German untarliggan; German unterliegen.
双语例句
1. 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。
来自《权威词典》
2. 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.
来自辞典例句
3. You cannot dissociate the Government's actions from the policies which underlie them.
不能把政府的措施同作为其根据的政策割裂开.
来自辞典例句
4. 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?
来自互联网
5. This rock type originates in the magma chambers that underlie volcanoes.
