English-Thai Dictionary
underlie
VT เป็นหลัก พื้นฐาน เป็นต้นเหตุ pen-lak-puen-than
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
UNDERLIE
Un `der *lie ", v. t. Etym: [AS. underlicgan. See Under, and Lie to be prostrate. ]
1. To lie under; to rest beneath; to be situated under; as, a stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel.
2. To be at the basis of; to form the foundation of; to support; as, a doctrine underlying a theory.
3. To be subject or amenable to. [R.] The knight of Ivanhoe... underlies the challenge of Brian der Bois Guilbert. Sir W. Scott.
UNDERLIE
UNDERLIE Un `der *lie ", v. i.
Defn: To lie below or under.
UNDERLIE
UNDERLIE Un "der *lie `, n.
Defn: See Underlay, n., 1.
New American Oxford Dictionary
underlie
un der lie |ˌəndərˈlī ˌəndərˈlaɪ | ▶verb ( underlies, underlying; past underlay; past participle underlain ) [ with obj. ] (esp. of a layer of rock or soil ) lie or be situated under (something ). • be the cause or basis of (something ): the fundamental issue that underlies the conflict | (as adj. underlying ) : the underlying causes of poverty and drug addiction. ORIGIN Old English underlicgan ‘be subject or subordinate to ’ (see under-, lie 1 ).
Oxford Dictionary
underlie
under |lie |ʌndəˈlʌɪ | ▶verb ( underlies, underlying; past underlay; past participle underlain ) [ with obj. ] 1 (especially of a layer of rock or soil ) lie or be situated under (something ). 2 be the cause or basis of (something ): the fundamental issue which underlies the conflict | (as adj. underlying ) : the underlying causes of poverty and drug addiction. ORIGIN Old English underlicgan ‘be subject or subordinate to ’ (see under-, lie 1 ).
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
underlie
un der lie /ʌ̀ndə r láɪ /動詞 →lie 1 他動詞 1 …の下にある [横たわる ].2 …の基礎となる, 土台になる ▸ Mathematics underlies many other sciences .数学はほかの多くの学問の基礎となっている 3 …の裏にある .4 〘経 〙〈担保などが 〉…に優先する .
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