"undermine" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

undermine verbo

undermine + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 70
undermine confidence • undermine one's efforts • undermine one's credibility • undermine one's authority • undermine one's ability • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 16
(5) support, resource, influence
Kolokacji: 3
(9) morale, health, prosperity
Kolokacji: 3
(10) year, chance, growth, cohesion
Kolokacji: 4
(12) thinking, goal, policy, plan
Kolokacji: 4
(13) respect, reputation, wage
Kolokacji: 3
(14) progress, reform, campaign
Kolokacji: 3
1. undermine sovereignty = podważ suwerenność undermine sovereignty
3. undermine discipline = podważ dyscyplinę undermine discipline
4. undermine standards = podważ standardy undermine standards
  • The company is firmly opposed to discounting on the grounds that it undermines standards.
  • According to education specialists, the new measures would undermine educational standards and deepen social inequalities.
  • Asked if cost cutting had undermined standards at Daily Star we were treated to gushing tribute to the "fantastic product" that the readers "can't get enough of".
  • The idea that the nation's chief executive is pressing so hard to undermine basic standards of justice is shocking.
  • By 1980, he had become its artistic director, but resigned after a season in which, he said, "commercial interests undermined artistic standards."
  • It serves no one to suggest that accommodating a learning disability undermines academic standards.
  • Contrary to many critics, he argued that the MAI would help prevent a "race to the bottom" that would undermine high standards of Canadian regulation.
  • We do not want to see legislation on the environment that undermines higher standards in those Member States that choose to have them.
  • The intensive efforts of the Member States to fulfil the Maastricht criteria are currently leading to a massive rise in unemployment and undermining social standards.
  • It can easily seep outward, undermining academic standards and corrupting behavior in the university as a whole.
verbo + undermine
Kolokacji: 7
threaten to undermine • try to undermine • seek to undermine • request undermine • help undermine • ...
undermine + preposición
Kolokacji: 14
undermine by • undermine in • undermine for • undermine to • undermine with • ...
undermine + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 35
seriously undermine • further undermine • severely undermine • completely undermine • fatally undermine • ...

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