undoing

英語

發音

• 國際音標^(幫助)：/ʌnˈduːɪŋ/

詞源 1

源自中古英語 undoinge、undoynge、ondoynge，等價於undo +‎ -ing。

名詞

undoing (複數 undoings)

1. 鬆開，解開
2. 失敗，覆滅，(亦) 導致失敗或覆滅的事物

   His fatal flaw was his undoing. In a sense he defeated himself.

   他致命的缺點導致了他的失敗。某種意義上，是他打敗了他自己。

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   • 2018年7月3日, Phil McNulty, 「Colombia 1 - 1 England」, 出自 BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     The extra 30 minutes could not separate the sides and led to a nerve-shredding finale that has so often been England's undoing, with a dismal record of just one win in seven shootouts at major tournaments before this.

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3. 廢除，撤銷

詞源 2

源自中古英語 undoynge、undoand，源自古英語 undōnde，源自原始日耳曼語 *andadōndz，*andadōną的現在分詞。與荷蘭語 ontdoend同源。

動詞

undoing

1. undo 的現在時分詞和動名詞

異序詞

• Guindon