underlie

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˌʌn.dəˈlaɪ/    美 /ˌʌn.dɚˈlaɪ/|/ˌan.dəˈlɑɪ/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To lie in a position directly beneath something. intransitive
  2. To lie under or beneath. transitive
    — A stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel.
  3. To serve as a basis of; form the foundation of. transitive
    — a doctrine underlying a theory
  4. To be subject to; be liable to answer, as a charge or challenge. transitive
    — The knight of Ivanhoe […] underlies the challenge of Brian der Bois Guilbert.
  5. To underlay.

词形变化

underlies present,singular,third-person underlying participle,present underlay past underlain participle,past

词源

From Middle English underlien, underliggen, from Old English underliċġan (“to underlie, to be subject to, give way to”), equivalent to under- + lie. Cognate with Dutch onderliggen (“to lie below, lie on the bottom of”), German unterliegen (“to lie under, be subject to, succumb”).
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