词组 | Below |
释义 | Below 1 位置低于;在……的下方: This married couple often rowed a little boat on the quiet lake below the moon. 这对夫妻时常月下在安静的湖面上泛舟。 Many fish swam below the surface of the water,but none of them swallowed the bait. 许多鱼在水面下游动,但是它们一个也不上钩。 It is easy to recognize him,for there is a mole below his eye. 他的一只眼睛下面有个黑痣,所以他很容易让人辨认出来。 His arm was cut below the elbow in the operation. 手术中他的手臂从肘部下面割去。 This small island is below tidewater when the tide is at the flood. 当涨潮的时候,这个小岛就处于潮水之下。 (数量、等级、年龄等)低于: A gentleman below forty came to see you when you were out this morning. 今天早晨你出去的时候,有一位年龄不到四十岁的先生来看望你。 Such goods are not welcomed by customers because their quality is below the average. 这样的商品不受顾客的欢迎,因为它们的质量在一般水平以下。 I am by far below him in the wage scale though he is younger than I. 虽然他比我年轻,但我的工资级别远比他低。 This enterprise is on the down grade,so its stocks are below par. 这家企业经营不善,所以它的股票价值在面额以下。 A captain is below a major in the military rank. 在军阶上,上尉低于少校。 不相称;不值得;有失……身分: It is below a gentleman to do such a thing. 做这样的事,有失一位绅士的身分。 It is below dignity to have a joke with the waiters. 与侍者们说笑话是有失尊严的。 Such a trifle thing is below their notice. 这样琐碎的事不值得他们注意。 在……的下方、下游: This freight train will be unloaded at the station below this. 这个货车上的货物将在(火车进行方向的)下一个站卸下。 There will build a mole some twenty meters below the wharf. 在码头下游约20米处将修建一个防波堤。 There is a dam one hundred meters below the bridge. 在桥的下游100米处有一个拦水坝。 ◆ 本词也是副词,词义为: 在下面;在低处;在(文章等的)较后部分: From our airplane we could see the whole city down below. 从我们的飞机上我们能够看到下面的整个城市。 These lawsuits have ever been judged in the court below,now they are all appealed to the higher court. 这些案件曾在下级法院审理,现在它们都被上诉到高级法院。 This problem will be discussed in detail below. 这个问题将在 (文章) 后文详细讨论。 be below sb in 在……方面不如某人: We admit that we are below them in intelligence. 我们承认,在智慧上我们不如他们。 below ground 死了;埋葬了: We sighed mournfully that such a healthy man was already below ground. 我们悲叹,这样一个健壮的人竟然死了。 below sb’s notice 不值得注意: He is a big shot,such trifle things are below his notice. 他是个大人物,这些琐事不值得他注意。 (speak)below one’s breath低声地(说话): The two girls sat in a corner talking below their breath about their friends. 那两个姑娘坐在角落里,低声谈论她们的朋友。 below par 在票面价值以下;在标准以下: These stocks are sold below par but people still do not want to buy them. 这些股票以低于票面价格出售,但人们仍然不想购买它们。 below stairs 在地下室;在仆人所住房间: The master looked down upon us and we could only put up below stairs. 主人看不起我们,我们仅能在地下室住宿。 below (the) standard 在标准以下;低于标准: These products are not allowed to be exported because their quality is below standard. 这些产品禁止出口,因为它们的质量低于标准。 below the average 在平均水平以下;在平均程度以下: India is a poor country,the yearly income of every Indian is below the average in the world. 印度是个穷国,每个印度人的年收入低于全世界平均水平。 below the mark 在标准以下;低于标准: Our product is below the mark in quality,we must try our best to improve it. 我们的产品质量低于标准,我们必须尽最大努力改进它。 below the salt 〈口语〉在下席;不受尊重: We can only sit below the salt because people who attend this meeting are all important scientists and well-known scholars. 我们仅能坐在下席,因为参加这次会议的人们都是重要的科学家和知名的学者。 down below 在建筑物、船舱等的较低部分;(宗教)在地狱中: Our director and chief engineer’ s offices are on the top floor,other offices are all down below. 我们主任和总工程师的办公室在最高层,其他办公室都在底下的楼层。 here below (宗教)在人间;在尘世间: Men are but hasty passengers here below. 人们不过是尘世间的匆匆过客。 hit below the belt 用不正当的手段打人;玩卑鄙手段: To be an honest man,we should be open and aboveboard and never hit below the belt. 作为一个诚实的人,我们应当光明正大,不耍卑鄙手段。 look below the surface 探究真相: The problem is complicated and perplexing,in order to solve it thoroughly,we must first look below the surface about it. 这个问题很复杂和令人迷惑,为了彻底把它解决,首先我们必须探究它的真相。 next below 低一级: Although we are both employees in the company,I am next below him in rank. 虽然我们都是这个公司的雇员,但我在等级上比他低一级。 think sth below one’s regard 认为某事不值得一顾: He is a proud man,he often thinks other’s work below his regard. 他是一个骄傲的人,他时常认为别人的工作不值得一顾。 李士钧 编著. 英语介词用法词典. 天津: 天津科学技术出版社. 2003. 第135-137页. |
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