beneath
prep. 在…下面; 在…背後; 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...
她喜歡坐在樹下。
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...
表面之下的情感糾結
Somewhere deep beneath the surface lay a caring character...
在內心深處的某個角落裡埋藏著一顆愛心。
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...
他們認定她要嫁給一個配不上她的人。
Many find themselves having to take jobs far beneath them.
很多人覺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
這些前置詞均可表示位置"在……下面"之意。
Something dropped on the floor and rolled beneath the valance of the bed.
有一樣東西掉到地板上又滾到床沿掛布的下面.
He wore a woollen vest beneath his shirt.
他襯衫裡面穿著一件羊毛背心.
Things rapidly became calm, though beneath the surface the argument rumbled on.
事情迅速平靜下來了, 然而,在這種平靜的表面背後爭論如隆隆雷聲,持續不斷.
The shelf was beginning to sag beneath the weight of the books upon it.
書架在書的重壓下漸漸下彎.
Lucy Passmore has gone to her rest beneath the Atlantic waves.
露絲·帕斯莫爾長眠於大西洋海底.