underpinned
v.
用砖石结构等从下面支撑（墙等）( underpin的过去式和过去分词 );
加固（墙等）的基础;
为（论据、主张等）打下基础;
加强;
例句:
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A surveyor said that the problems were caused by subsidence and the house needed to be underpinned.
一名勘测员说是地面下陷导致了这些问题出现，房子需要加固地基。
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Similar convictions underpinned the expansionist policy of...other Democratic leaders.
来自New York Review of Books
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David Cameron had rejected a new system underpinned by statute.
来自BBC
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The report is underpinned by extensive research.
这份报告以广泛的研究为基础。
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The statue of Diana was underpinned with charred piles.
Diana雕像是建造在炭化了的木桩上的.
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Issues, of course, underpinned interest in the race.
来自WSJ