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afoot adj.徒步的；在准备中的；在进行中adv.徒步地；在准备中地；在进行中 (1) 关于建设一座新的图书馆的计划，正在准备中。(2) 厨房正在准备晚餐。(3) 工作在顺利进行中。(4) 要有什么调皮捣蛋的事，肯定有他的份。(5) 他喜欢徒步旅行。 People frequently say that plans are afoot when they've started preparing for a party, an election campaign, a job hunt, or anything else that requires some planning. Plans might be afoot for your dad's surprise party, for example, or your sister's wedding. Another, less common way to use afoot is to mean "on foot," or "walking." You could tell your teacher that you're late to school because you missed the bus and had to travel afoot.

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英 [ə'fʊt] 美 [ə'fʊt] (1) There are plans afoot to build a new library.(2) Preparition for dinner is getting afoot in the kitchen.(3) The work is well afoot.(4) If there is any mischief afoot, he is sure to be in at it.(5) He likes to travel afoot. Something that's afoot is already happening, underway, or being prepared. You might reassure your fellow French club members that plans are afoot for a fund raiser to support your upcoming trip to Québec. 1[ADJ 形容词]进行中的；正在发生的；酝酿中的 If you say that a plan or scheme is afoot, it is already happening or being planned, but you do not know much about it.   [v-link ADJ]Everybody knew that something awful was afoot.大家都知道可怕的事近在眼前。

英语单词	afoot
英美音标	英 [ə'fʊt] 美 [ə'fʊt]
中文释义	adj.徒步的；在准备中的；在进行中 adv.徒步地；在准备中地；在进行中
英语例句	(1) There are plans afoot to build a new library. (2) Preparition for dinner is getting afoot in the kitchen. (3) The work is well afoot. (4) If there is any mischief afoot, he is sure to be in at it. (5) He likes to travel afoot.
中文例句	(1) 关于建设一座新的图书馆的计划，正在准备中。 (2) 厨房正在准备晚餐。 (3) 工作在顺利进行中。 (4) 要有什么调皮捣蛋的事，肯定有他的份。 (5) 他喜欢徒步旅行。
vocabulary简明	Something that's afoot is already happening, underway, or being prepared. You might reassure your fellow French club members that plans are afoot for a fund raiser to support your upcoming trip to Québec.
vocabulary扩展	People frequently say that plans are afoot when they've started preparing for a party, an election campaign, a job hunt, or anything else that requires some planning. Plans might be afoot for your dad's surprise party, for example, or your sister's wedding. Another, less common way to use afoot is to mean "on foot," or "walking." You could tell your teacher that you're late to school because you missed the bus and had to travel afoot.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ 形容词]进行中的；正在发生的；酝酿中的 If you say that a plan or scheme is afoot, it is already happening or being planned, but you do not know much about it. [v-link ADJ] Everybody knew that something awful was afoot. 大家都知道可怕的事近在眼前。

Afoot Plans Travel Party 英 ə'Fʊt] 美 ə'Fʊt Adj.徒步的；在准备中的；在进行中