3325英語網(wǎng) 單詞
underbelly的意思
underbelly
英 ['?nd?bel?]
美 ['?nd?'b?li]
- n. 下腹部；薄弱部分；易受攻擊的部位、區(qū)域等
英文詞源
- underbelly (n.)
- c. 1600, from under + belly (n.). In figurative sense of "most vulnerable part" it is recorded from Churchill's 1942 speech. Sometimes used erroneously or euphemistically in sense of "seamy or sordid part" of anything.
雙語例句
- 1. The missiles emerge from the underbelly of the transport plane.
- 導(dǎo)彈從那架運輸機的底部飛了出來。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The trade deficit remains the soft underbelly of the US economy.
- 貿(mào)易赤字仍是美國經(jīng)濟的軟肋。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. The ANC are attacking rugby because it is the soft underbelly of South African sport.
- 橄欖球運動在“非國大”受到抨擊，因為它是南非體育的軟肋。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Inadvertent disclosures by judges sometimes offer an extraordinary glimpse of the legal system's underbelly.
- 法官無意中透露的一些情況有時能見微知著地揭示出司法制度的薄弱之處。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The stock - market crisis struck at the soft underbelly of the US economy, eg its trade deficit.
- 股市危機打擊了美國經(jīng)濟的薄弱環(huán)節(jié)(如貿(mào)易逆差).
來自辭典例句