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Underworld N Sing 单数名词 People N 英 ʌndəwɜːld] 美 ʌndərwɜːrld

英语单词 underworld
英美音标 英 ['ʌndəwɜːld] 美 ['ʌndərwɜːrld]
中文释义 n.黑社会;下层社会;阴间;<古>地球
英语例句 (1) Drug traffic is controlled by the underworld.
(2) He looked like a shifty underworld character.
(3) My knowledge of the denizens of the underworld is unmatched.
中文例句 (1) 毒品生意为黑社会所控制。
(2) 他看起来是个鬼头鬼脑的下流社会的角色。
(3) 没人比我更了解这些下层社会的居民。
柯林斯解释
1
[N-SING 单数名词]黑帮;黑社会 The underworld in a city is the organized crime there and the people who are involved in it.
  [oft N n]
  • ...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

  • Some claim that she still has connections to the criminal underworld.

    有人称她仍与黑社会犯罪势力有来往。

  • ...a wealthy businessman with underworld connections.

    一位与黑社会有联系的富商

2
[N-SING 单数名词]地狱;阴间;冥府 In many ancient religions and legends, the underworld is a place under the earth's surface where people go after they die.
  [the N]
  • ...Persephone, goddess of the underworld.

    冥后珀耳塞福涅

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