miner

miner [mine]

➭ TABLE 1 transitive verb

   a. ( = garnir d'explosifs) to mine

• ce pont est miné this bridge has been mined

   b. ( = ronger) [+ falaise, fondations] to erode ; [+ société, autorité, santé] to undermine

• la maladie l'a miné his illness has left him drained

• miné par l'inquiétude worn down by anxiety

• miné par la jalousie eaten up with jealousy

• tout ça le mine all this is eating into him

• c'est un terrain miné (figurative) it's a highly sensitive area

• ça mine le moral it's really demoralizing

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mine

verbe transitif

1) (affaiblir) to sap [moral, énergie]; to undermine [santé, gouvernement]

cela me mine — it's wearing me down; (plus fort) it's eating me alive

2) Armée to mine

le terrain est miné — lit the ground is mined; fig it's a minefield

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mine vt

1) (= saper) to undermine, to erode

2) MILITAIRE to mine

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miner verb table: aimer vtr

1 (affaiblir) to sap [moral, énergie]; to undermine [santé, confiance en soi, gouvernement, parti]; cela me mine it's wearing me down; (plus fort) it's eating me alive; miné par les soucis worn down by anxiety; pays miné par la corruption country undermined by corruption;

2 (creuser sous) to wear away [bâtiment, talus];

3 Mil to mine; le terrain est miné lit the ground is mined; fig it's a minefield; avancer en terrain miné fig to enter a minefield.

[mine] verbe transitif

1. [poser des mines] to mine

‘danger! zone minée’ ‘beware of mines’

2. [ronger] to undermine, to erode, to eat away (at) ou into

3. [affaiblir] to undermine, to sap

miner les forces/la santé de quelqu'un to sap somebody's strength/health

miné par le chagrin consumed with ou worn down by grief