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

• If we retreat and escape from reality, we bring about our undoing.
  如困我们放弃并逃离现实，我们便带出了后者。
• 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。
• He entered the house shortly after the arrival of the packages, and heard her upstairs undoing them.
  在她收到包裹后不久，克莱尔进了屋子，听见了她在楼上打开包裹的声音。
• I guess it was his way of undoing things.
  我认为那是他不再干那些事的方式。
• In the end his ambition was his undoing.
  到最后他的野心是他完蛋的原因。
• 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。
• The undoing of the parcel took some time.
  解开那件包裹要费一点时间。
• That brother of yours is going to be your undoing.
  你的兄弟就要成为你的灾难了。
• 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。
• This proved to be his undoing.
  这种情况后来成了他垮台的原因。