underworld 详细解释

underworld

['ʌndəwə:ld]

n.黑社会, 下层社会, 阴间,<古>地球

n.[theS]

1. (大写)阴间, 地狱

2. 下层社会; 黑社会

That quiet man was an underworld king-pin.

那个安安静静的人是个黑社会老大哥。

The pot trade is controlled by the underworld.

毒品生意为黑社会所控制。

3. 【古】地球, 大地

词义辨析

同义参见:

underground  hell  hades  

英英释义

名词 underworld:

the criminal class

(religion) the world of the dead

同义词：Hel, Hell, Hades, infernal region, netherworld, Scheol

补充

underworldunderworld英:[ˈʌndəwə:ld] 美:[ˈʌndɚˌwɚld]n.1.(神话中的)阴间2.下流社会; 黑社会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。

例句

1. 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 2. Some claim that she still has connections to the criminal underworld.有些人声称她仍与黑社会有联系。 3. Orpheus descended into the underworld to look for Eurydice.俄耳甫斯下到地狱去寻找欧律狄刻。 4. Persephone, goddess of the underworld冥后珀耳塞福涅 5. a wealthy businessman with underworld connections一位与黑社会有联系的富商 6. the criminal underworld罪恶的黑社会 7. an underworld spy黑社会暗探

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