You could grasp the mechanics of the Society you lived in, but not its underlying motives.

To stop a problem you have to understand its underlying causes...

要想杜绝问题的发生，必须弄清它的深层原因。

the underlying rock formation

地表下的岩石结构

We are so undermanned that we cannot fulfill any more orders before this Friday.

我们因为缺少人手,所以这周五前无法交付更多的订货.

If you are undermanned, we will staff you up.

如果你们的人手不够, 我们会给你们补充人员.

We shall be glad If you will kindly quote us your rock-bottom price for the undermentioned.

如提供下列货物的最低报价.则不胜感激.

The undermentioned is witness to this contract.

以下为本合同之见证人.

Please quote us your lowest price for the undermentioned, F . O . B . Liverpool, and state earliest delivery.

请提供下列货物的利物浦船上交货价, 及最快交货日期.

Your lowest quotation is requested, by return , for the undermentioned goods.

请回信提供下列货物的最低报价.

Offering advice on each and every problem will undermine her feeling of being adult...

对每个问题都给出建议会令她觉得自己不像个成年人。

Ted suspects that some people are trying to undermine his reputation.

泰德疑心有人企图暗中破坏他的名誉.

The conversations were designed to undermine her authority so she felt that she could no longer work for the company.

这些谈话有意削弱她的威信，这样她会觉得自己在公司干不下去。

Do your cases support Cohn's point, or undermine it?

你的个案支持或削弱了Cohn的论点 呢 ?

The President's enemies are spreading rumours to undermine his authority.

总统的敌人在散布谣言以逐渐破坏他的威信.

Reading such book would cover up our intelligence and undermine our resolve.

因为看了会蒙蔽我们的智慧,败坏我们的意志.

Brown's investigation seems to undermine history's version of Cleopatra's death.

布朗的调查似乎会推翻关于克利奥帕特拉死亡的历史说法.

Colleagues may try to undermine you when talking to superiors.

当和前辈谈话时同事可能会诋毁你.

She tried to undermine our friendship.

她试图破坏我们的友谊.

She undermined him and destroyed his confidence in his own talent...

她暗中打击他，让他对自己的才华信心全无。

Western intelligence agencies are accused of trying to undermine the government.

西方情报机构被指责企图动摇该政府的统治。

This would undermine the impact of valve selection of a variety of factors taken into account.

这种影响会破坏调节阀选择时所考虑的各种因素.