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"
双语例句
- 1. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. She was a shady figure in the Dublin underworld.
- 她是都柏林犯罪圈子中的可疑人物.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Gino clawed his way out of underworld obscurity to become a millionaire hotelier.
- 吉诺从底层社会的无名小卒一步步奋斗成为拥有百万家财的酒店大亨。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. He snuck into the underworld, which was a forbidden place to go.
- 他溜入阴间禁地.
来自常春藤生活英语杂志-2006年2月号