undoing

英 [ʌnˈduːɪŋ]

美 [ʌnˈduːɪŋ]

n.  失败的原因
v.  打开; 解开; 拆开; 消除，取消，废止(某事的影响); 打败; 挫败
undo的现在分词

现在分词：undoing　

BNC.20696 / COCA.19759

牛津词典

noun

• 失败的原因
  the reason why sb fails at sth or is unsuccessful in life
  1. That one mistake was his undoing.
     他一失足即成千古恨。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 失败的原因；毁灭的原因
  If something is someone'sundoing, it is the cause of their failure.
  1. His lack of experience may prove to be his undoing...
     他缺乏经验可能会最终导致他的失败。
  2. Issues of national defense have been the undoing of Democratic candidates.
     国防问题导致了民主党候选人的失利。

英英释义

noun

• loosening the ties that fasten something
  1. the tying of bow ties is an ar
  Synonym:untyingunfastening
• an act that makes a previous act of no effect (as if not done)

双语例句

• Our attempt to climb higher was our undoing: we fell off the rock.
  企图爬得更高是我们失败的原因，我们从岩石上摔了下来。
• They can also be your undoing.
  但它们也可以毁灭你。
• He appeared to be undoing all their patient work.
  他显然是在使他们耐心傲的一切工作都白做。
• This proved to be his undoing.
  这种情况后来成了他垮台的原因。
• Even though I'm kinda undoing it all now.
  虽然现在我想取消掉这一切。
• The new president spent the first year undoing the work of his predecessor.
  新总统用了第一年的时间来收拾前任总统留下的摊子。
• Their bullying of other nations regionally will be a factor in their undoing in a conflict.
  他们对邻国的肆意欺凌埋下了覆亡的种子，并在未来的冲突中应验。
• It seems we spend much of our adult life undoing damage that occurred during childhood.
  看来，我们花了相当比例的成年日子，去撤回童年所造成的毁坏。
• Stress can be the undoing of so many fine players.
  紧张可能是这许多优秀选手失败的原因。
• To find a better way of undoing the problem, it is necessary to analyze its roots.
  为了找出一个解决这一问题的更好办法，我们有必要分析一下其根源。