新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

beneath

英 [bɪˈniːθ]

[ADV, PREP]

词汇频率：

ADV. 副词

1. 在下方
If something is beneath, it is under another thing.
近义词
below
双语例句
例：
On a shelf beneath he spotted a photo album.
在下方的书架上他发现了一本相册。

PREP. 介词

1. 在…之下
Something that is beneath another thing is under the other thing.
近义词
under
双语例句
例：
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。
例：
Four levels of parking beneath the theatre was not enough.
剧院底下的四层停车库还不够。
2. 在（表面）之下
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.
近义词
under
双语例句
例：
emotional strains beneath the surface.
表面下的情感压力。
例：
Somewhere deep beneath the surface lay a caring character.
在其外表下心灵深处的某个地方保留着一种关爱别人的品格。
3. 不如 , 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.
双语例句
例：
They decided she was marrying beneath her.
他们认定她嫁的是一个配不上她的人。

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