underworld
英 ['ʌndəwɜːld]
美['ʌndɚ'wɝld]
- n. 黑社会;地狱;下层社会;尘世
英英释意
- 1. the criminal class
- 2. (religion) the world of the dead;
- "he didn't want to go to hell when he died"
英文词源
- underworld (n.)
- c. 1600, "the lower world, Hades, place of departed souls," also "the earth, the world below the skies," as distinguished from heaven. Similar formation in German unterwelt, Dutch onderwereld, Danish underverden. Meaning "lower level of society" is first recorded 1890; "criminals and organized crime collectively" is attested from 1900.
实用场景例句
- the criminal underworld
- 罪恶的黑社会
牛津词典
- the Glasgow underworld
- 格拉斯哥的黑社会
牛津词典
- ...a Spanish Harlem underworld of gangs, drugs and violence...
- 充斥着犯罪团伙、毒品和暴力的西班牙哈莱姆区黑社会
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Some claim that she still has connections to the criminal underworld.
- 有人称她仍与黑社会犯罪势力有来往。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...Persephone, goddess of the underworld.
- 冥后珀耳塞福涅
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- While in the underworld, the world's fertility was disrupted.
- 在冥界的时候, 世界的肥沃被中断了.
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- BBE: Snow waters become dry with the heat: so do sinners go down into the underworld.
- 和合本: 干旱炎热消没雪水.阴间也如此消没犯罪之辈.
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- He looked like a shifty underworld character.
- 他看起来是个鬼头鬼脑的下流社会的角色.
辞典例句
- He kept my soul from the underworld, and my life sees the light in full measure.
- 神救赎我的灵魂免入深坑.我的生命也必见光.
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- His first success was Orpheus in the Underworld ( 1858 ).
- 他的第一部成功作品是《地狱中的俄耳甫斯》 ( 1858 ).
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- It is a mob compacted of violent elements of the underworld.
- 那是一群由黑社会的凶悍分子组成的暴民.
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- But somebody from the Underworld woke up to justice and stood up against this legion, alone.
- 但是,来自魔界的一个人(恶魔?)为了正义挺身而出, 独自对抗自己的族人.
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- The caster summons a Wraith Lord from the Underworld to serve time.
- 法师从幽冥界召唤出一个死灵领主为自己效忠.
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- Save the world from the hordes of the underworld!
- 从来至地狱的游牧部落手中拯救世界!
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- Give him blows with the rod , and keep his soul safe from the underworld.
- 你要用杖打他, 就可以救他的灵魂免下阴间.
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- Like a king in exile, uncrowned in the underworld.
- 像流放中的君王, 被废黜到地狱.
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- The indication is that it is an underworld killing.
- 迹象表明它是下流社会的谋杀.
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- Because of his association with the underworld , Hades is often thought of as a grim figure.
- 由于他是冥界的掌管者,哈迪斯通常被认为是一个严酷的神.
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- She was a shady figure in the Dublin underworld.
- 她是都柏林犯罪圈子中的可疑人物.
《简明英汉词典》
- And the famous Underworld, killing their owners, so those with the best metal band.
- 和著名的冥界、弑主 、 等等这些最优秀的金属乐队一起.
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- The death of Santino Corleone sent shock waves through the underworld of the nation.
- 桑迪诺-考利昂之死,在整个地下世界掀起了惊心动魄的波涛.
教父部分
- Those who violate the rules of the underworld gang will be punished.
- 违背帮规的人都要受到处罚.
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- Snow waters become dry with the heat : so do sinners go down into the underworld.
- 干旱炎热消没雪水,阴间也如此消没犯罪之辈.
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- Adelson & 39 ; s dream was Macau? formerly known for its dark, seedy casinos and violent underworld.
- 艾德森 的梦想在澳门──先前以黑暗 、 低劣的赌场和地下暴力组织闻名的地方.
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- The police have informers in the London underworld.
- 警察在伦敦的下流社会中有告密者.
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- The central character of the novel is a sort of underworld figure.
- 这部小说的中心角色是个黑社会人物.
《简明英汉词典》
- Acting wisely is the way of life, guiding a man away from the underworld.
- 智慧人从生命的道上升 、 使他远离在下的阴间.
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- He snuck into the underworld, which was a forbidden place to go.
- 他溜入阴间禁地.
常春藤生活英语杂志-2006年2月号
- The dark region of the underworld through which the dead must pass before they reach Hades.
- 埃里伯斯山南极洲罗斯岛上的火山,海拔3796.6米(12448英尺)
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