underworld
n. 阴间,地狱; 下流社会; (地球另一面的)对跖点; <古>地球
The underworld in a city is the organized crime there and the people who are involved in it.
...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
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。
In many ancient religions and legends, the underworld is a place under the earth's surface where people go after they die.
...Persephone, goddess of the underworld.
冥后珀耳塞福涅
1. the criminal class
2. (religion) the world of the dead;
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ).