beneath

　　[英][b?'ni:θ] [美][b??niθ]

　　prep.在…的下方;(表示等級)低于;(表示狀態(tài))在…掩飾之下;(表示環(huán)境)在…影響之下

　　adv.在下面;在底下

　　語法解析

　　1.PREP在…之下;在…下面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。

　　Four storeys of parking beneath the theatre was not enough.

　　劇院下面的四層停車場不夠用。

　　Beneath is also an adverb.

　　On a shelf beneath he spotted a photo album.

　　他在下面的架子上瞅見了一本相冊。

　　...aeroplanes roaring above, subways rattling beneath.

　　飛機(jī)在上面呼嘯而過，地鐵在下面隆隆疾馳

　　2.PREP在…表面之下;在…的背后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(jié)

　　Somewhere deep beneath the surface lay a caring character...

　　在內(nèi)心深處的某個(gè)角落里埋藏著一顆愛心。

　　Beneath the festive mood there is an underlying apprehension.

　　在喜慶的背后存在著隱憂。

　　3.PREP不如;比不上;配不上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(rèn)定她要嫁給一個(gè)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。

　　A major component beneath the reactor may be damaged.

　　反應(yīng)堆下的一個(gè)主要部件可能毀壞。

　　But beneath the waves, there are worrying signs.

　　但是在表面之下，卻著實(shí)令人擔(dān)心。

　　They simply wait on their boards for a wave to rise up beneath them.

　　它們只需在沖浪板上等待浪花從底下翻涌上去便可。

　　But beneath the pretty surface lurks danger!

　　但是在美麗的外表下卻潛伏著危險(xiǎn)!

　　My foe outstretched beneath the tree.

　　我的敵人四腳朝天樹下躺。

　　Beneath one of the more parochial stars.

　　一顆更加數(shù)量有限的星球之下。

　　But stresses built up beneath the surface.

　　在平靜的表面之下，壓力正在逐步聚集。

　　Should kneel in joy beneath the sky.

　　我該欣喜地跪在夜空下。

　　Yet not far beneath the surface, society is churning.

　　但是隱藏在表象之下的確實(shí)騷動的社會。

　　Beneath them are a gaggle of smaller partnerships.

　　在他們之下，是一群小一些的伙伴關(guān)系。

　　There are risks lurking beneath that rosy surface.

　　上述美好的表象下隱藏著風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。

　　At night, they chat beneath the stars.

　　到了夜晚，他們在星星下聊天。

　　Ms. li's left arm was wedged beneath her husband.

　　李女士的左臂壓在丈夫的身下。

　　Underwater robots tinker with wells beneath a mile of water.

　　水下機(jī)器人能在水下一英里的位置修理油井。

　　Colours pulse and throb like blood beneath the skin.

　　五彩繽紛的脈動，就像皮膚下的血液一樣。

　　Or is he holed up in some secret bunker deep beneath tripoli?

　　或者是他躲藏在的黎波里的一些秘密掩蔽壕下?

　　Cold-war submarines then mapped the shifting ridges running beneath it.

　　冷戰(zhàn)時(shí)期的潛水艇標(biāo)出了冰層下不斷移動的山脊。

　　But beneath the surface, iceland is floundering.

　　但在這種節(jié)日氣氛的表象下，冰島正在艱難掙扎。

　　A silent killer lurks beneath the surface of this west african lake.

　　在這個(gè)西非洲湖泊的表面下潛藏著一個(gè)無聲的殺手。

　　Even in placid weather, floating-column structures bob up and down as the sea heaves beneath them, which can makepeople seasick.

　　即使天氣平靜，漂浮圓柱上的建筑也會隨底下的波浪上下擺動，人們很容易暈船。