【beneath】 - AEAS备考词汇

beneath

UK:  [bɪ'ni:θ]

US:  [bɪ'ni:θ]

prep.

1.〔诗、古、书〕在…之下,低于;在…的(正)下方;在…脚下,在(或紧挨着)…的底下

2.下面,在…底下

3.闷在

4.不值得,不足取;有失…的身分,有损于(尊严等),不称,不配;劣于,比…不如

5.犯不上

6.就着

adv.

1.在下,在下面,在下方,在下位

2.在地下

1 . They are overgrown with foliage at the top, and a straggly beard of vines hangs down beneath them like the roots of an air-fern.
在它们的顶端长满了树叶底端则长满了像王紫萁根一样的树藤挂在下面好像一把胡子。

2 . a ship that was going asunder beneath his feet, he was in charge of a vessel whose timbers were all coming apart.
杰罗尔德感到仿佛被遗弃在一艘行将解体的轮船之上，要他指挥一艘船骨正在散架的船只。

3 . The gesture area beneath the panel is the same as it ever was, though we did notice a bit of insensitivity at times.
手势区还是和以前一样，虽然有好几次我们使用下来觉得反应不太灵敏。

4 . You know, so you can get the lady from underneath the bus and after we got her from beneath the bus, we realized she was pregnant.
你知道，当我们把那位女士从汽车下面救出来的时候才意识到她怀孕了。

5 . But beneath the surface lurks a fresh worry: For many companies, the cost of raw materials is rising at a faster pace than revenue.
但在这一光鲜表面下却潜藏着一股新的担忧：对许多企业来说，原材料成本的增速超过了收入增长的速度。