英语词汇“underlie”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

underlieunderlie /ˌʌndɚˈlaɪ/ ●○○ AWL verb (past tense underlay /-ˈleɪ/, past participle underlain /-ˈleɪn/) [transitive] formal

VERB TABLE

underlie

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	underlie
	he, she, it	underlies
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	underlay
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have underlain
	he, she, it	has underlain
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had underlain
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will underlie
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have underlain

Continuous Form
Present	I	am underlying
	he, she, it	is underlying
	you, we, they	are underlying
Past	I, he, she, it	was underlying
	you, we, they	were underlying
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been underlying
	he, she, it	has been underlying
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been underlying
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be underlying
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been underlying

1to be a very basic part of something, or the real cause of or reason for something: Lack of communication underlies many of the problems in their marriage.2to exist at a lower level or in a lower layer than something else: Clay underlies this whole area.