verb🔗Share加固，支撑. To support from below with props or masonry."You should underpin the mine roof to prevent further collapse."你应该加固矿井顶板，防止进一步坍塌。architecturebuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share支撑, 巩固 To give support to; to corroborate."Public confidence in politicians must underpin our democracy."公众对政治家的信任必须支撑我们的民主制度。theorystructuresystemsciencephilosophyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share地基，基础。 A support or foundation, especially as a structure of masonry that supports a wall."The stone underpinning of the old house kept the wooden walls from touching the damp ground. "这座老房子的石头地基使木墙免受潮湿地面的侵蚀。architecturebuildingstructurepropertyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share基础，根基。 A basis for something."I would like to know more about the underpinning of this political theory."我想更多地了解这个政治理论的理论基础是什么。theoryphilosophystructuresystemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share下半身, 腿部 The lower body or legs."The heavy table needed repair because its underpinning was wobbly and about to collapse. "那张沉重的桌子需要修理，因为它的下半身摇摇晃晃的，快要塌了。bodypartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
