橘子朗文词典

underhanded

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˌʌndə'hændɪd]
  • 美式音标 [ˌʌndə'hændɪd]
  • 国际音标 ['ʌndə'hændid]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • adj.不光明的；卑鄙的；人手不足的

词根记忆

  • under(在…下麪) + handed(有手的)→在下麪做手腳→秘密的

同根派生

  • adj性質的同根詞
    underhand：（球賽時投球）下投的；隂險的。
  • adv性質的同根詞
    underhand：欺詐地；以下手投。

英汉例句

    雙語例句

  • What he did was selfish and underhanded.
    他所做的，是自私狡猾的。
  • Or are they buying from you under pressure from underhanded sales tactics?
    或者他們從你処購買是出於秘密銷售策略所帶來的壓力？
  • "Its been done in a very secretive, underhanded way that shows no care or compassion for us or a great body of victims," he said.
    他說：“這次會見以保密的、不光明正大的方式進行，顯示對我們以及衆多的受害人沒有同情之心 。”

    • 權威例句

  • McAfee, you should know better than to use this underhanded method of distributing your software.
    FORBES: Adobe! Cut This Nonsense Out!
  • Some of that traffic was tainted by underhanded tactics such as paying colleges for steering business.
    FORBES: No Loan Left Behind
  • She smiled in an underhanded way and dropped the other suitcase once we were out of Mrs.
    NEWYORKER: The Reptile Garden

词组短语

    短語

  • underhanded e 卑鄙的
  • underhanded activity 貓膩兒
  • Underhanded Romance 唱片名
  • underhanded act 貓膩兒
  • The Underhanded C Contest 邪惡編程

英英字典

    柯林斯英英字典

  • If an action is underhand or if it is done in an underhand way, it is done secretly and dishonestly.
  • You use underhand or underhanded to describe actions, such as throwing a ball, in which you do not raise your arm above your shoulder.
  • Underhand is also an adverb.