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beneath prep.在 ... 之下；被...覆盖；低于...；不值得adv.在下方；在底下 (1) 他们在一堆树叶下面发现了那具尸体。(2) 大地被厚厚的白雪覆盖。(3) 他在智力方面不如他兄弟。(4) 这种行为令人不齿。(5) 他不理睬我的批评,好像我的批评不值得他一顾似的。(6) 她的精心化妆掩饰了脂粉下面岁月刻下的痕迹。(7) 我们从飞机上俯瞰下面一片片的土地。 When one apple hangs lower on a tree than another, the first apple is beneath the second. You can also use the adjective beneath in a figurative way, to describe something that ranks lower or has a low worth or status: "He didn't want to play soccer at all, because he thought the Junior Varsity team was beneath him." The Old English root is beneoðan, combining be-, "by," and neoðan, "below."

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英 [bɪ'niːθ] 美 [bɪ'niːθ] (1) They found the body buried beneath a pile of leaves.(2) The earth lay beneath a blanket of snow.(3) He is beneath his brother intellectually.(4) Such behaviour is beneath contempt.(5) He shrugged off my criticism as though it was beneath his notice.(6) Her careful make-up hid the signs of age beneath.(7) We looked down from the plane at the fields spread out beneath. Things that are under something else are beneath it. A star gazer is beneath the night sky, and tropical fish swim beneath the surface of the water. 1[PREP 介词]在…之下；在…下面 Something that is  beneath another thing is under the other thing.   [n ADV]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...她喜欢坐在树下。Four storeys of parking beneath the theatre was not enough.剧院下面的四层停车场不够用。...the frozen grass crunching beneath his feet.在他脚下嘎吱作响的冻草Beneath is also an adverb.On a shelf beneath he spotted a photo album.他在下面的架子上瞅见了一本相册。...aeroplanes roaring above, subways rattling beneath.飞机在上面呼啸而过，地铁在下面隆隆疾驰2[PREP 介词]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...表面之下的情感纠结Somewhere deep beneath the surface lay a caring character...在内心深处的某个角落里埋藏着一颗爱心。Beneath the festive mood there is an underlying apprehension.在喜庆的背后存在着隐忧。3[PREP 介词]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...他们认定她要嫁给一个配不上她的人。Many find themselves having to take jobs far beneath them.很多人觉得自己在工作上被迫大材小用。

英语单词	beneath
英美音标	英 [bɪ'niːθ] 美 [bɪ'niːθ]
中文释义	prep.在 ... 之下；被...覆盖；低于...；不值得 adv.在下方；在底下
英语例句	(1) They found the body buried beneath a pile of leaves. (2) The earth lay beneath a blanket of snow. (3) He is beneath his brother intellectually. (4) Such behaviour is beneath contempt. (5) He shrugged off my criticism as though it was beneath his notice. (6) Her careful make-up hid the signs of age beneath. (7) We looked down from the plane at the fields spread out beneath.
中文例句	(1) 他们在一堆树叶下面发现了那具尸体。 (2) 大地被厚厚的白雪覆盖。 (3) 他在智力方面不如他兄弟。 (4) 这种行为令人不齿。 (5) 他不理睬我的批评,好像我的批评不值得他一顾似的。 (6) 她的精心化妆掩饰了脂粉下面岁月刻下的痕迹。 (7) 我们从飞机上俯瞰下面一片片的土地。
vocabulary简明	Things that are under something else are beneath it. A star gazer is beneath the night sky, and tropical fish swim beneath the surface of the water.
vocabulary扩展	When one apple hangs lower on a tree than another, the first apple is beneath the second. You can also use the adjective beneath in a figurative way, to describe something that ranks lower or has a low worth or status: "He didn't want to play soccer at all, because he thought the Junior Varsity team was beneath him." The Old English root is beneoðan, combining be-, "by," and neoðan, "below."
柯林斯解释	1 [PREP 介词]在…之下；在…下面 Something that is beneath another thing is under the other thing. [n ADV] 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... 她喜欢坐在树下。 Four storeys of parking beneath the theatre was not enough. 剧院下面的四层停车场不够用。 ...the frozen grass crunching beneath his feet. 在他脚下嘎吱作响的冻草 Beneath is also an adverb. On a shelf beneath he spotted a photo album. 他在下面的架子上瞅见了一本相册。 ...aeroplanes roaring above, subways rattling beneath. 飞机在上面呼啸而过，地铁在下面隆隆疾驰 2 [PREP 介词]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... 表面之下的情感纠结 Somewhere deep beneath the surface lay a caring character... 在内心深处的某个角落里埋藏着一颗爱心。 Beneath the festive mood there is an underlying apprehension. 在喜庆的背后存在着隐忧。 3 [PREP 介词]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... 他们认定她要嫁给一个配不上她的人。 Many find themselves having to take jobs far beneath them. 很多人觉得自己在工作上被迫大材小用。

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