English Dictionary

undergird

verb

To strengthen, secure, or reinforce by passing a rope, cable, or chain around the underside of an object.

Education undergirds the development of a strong society.

意味（1）

To strengthen, secure, or reinforce by passing a rope, cable, or chain around the underside of an object.

意味（2）

(figuratively) To give fundamental support; provide with a sound or secure basis; provide supportive evidence for.

For fiction, documentary, verse, and essay, she undergirds entertaining images and stories with profound themes of ecological responsibility and challenge to the suppression of human rights.

意味（3）

To lend moral support to.

意味（4）

To secure below or underneath.