beneath
prep. 在…下面; 在…背后; 比不上
Something that is beneath another thing is under the other thing.
She could see the muscles of his shoulders beneath his T-shirt...
她可以看到他T恤衫下的肩部肌肉。
She found pleasure in sitting beneath the trees...
她喜欢坐在树下。
If you talk about what is beneath the surface of something, you are talking about the aspects of it which are hidden or not obvious.
...emotional strains beneath the surface...
表面之下的情感纠结
Somewhere deep beneath the surface lay a caring character...
在内心深处的某个角落里埋藏着一颗爱心。
If you say that someone or something is beneath you, you feel that they are not good enough for you or not suitable for you.
They decided she was marrying beneath her...
他们认定她要嫁给一个配不上她的人。
Many find themselves having to take jobs far beneath them.
很多人觉得自己在工作上被迫大材小用。
1. in or to a place that is lower
below, beneath, under, underneath
这些前置词均可表示位置"在……下面"之意。
Something dropped on the floor and rolled beneath the valance of the bed.
有一样东西掉到地板上又滚到床沿挂布的下面.
He wore a woollen vest beneath his shirt.
他衬衫里面穿着一件羊毛背心.
Things rapidly became calm, though beneath the surface the argument rumbled on.
事情迅速平静下来了, 然而,在这种平静的表面背后争论如隆隆雷声,持续不断.
The shelf was beginning to sag beneath the weight of the books upon it.
书架在书的重压下渐渐下弯.
Lucy Passmore has gone to her rest beneath the Atlantic waves.
露丝·帕斯莫尔长眠于大西洋海底.