afoot

adj.

1. 计划中；进行中
   being planned; happening
   1. There are plans afoot to increase taxation.
      正在拟订增税方案。
   2. Changes were afoot.
      各种变革正在进行之中。

1. ADJ 进行中的；正在发生的；酝酿中的
   If you say that a plan or scheme is afoot, it is already happening or being planned, but you do not know much about it.
   1. Everybody knew that something awful was afoot.
      大家都知道可怕的事近在眼前。

1. Everybody knew that something awful was afoot.
   大家都知道可怕的事近在眼前。
2. It's also worth mentioning a movement that's afoot to bring books to readers in electronic form.
   还有必要提一下正在进行中的，以电子版方式向读者提供书籍的趋势。
3. Plans were afoot for an international conference in New York to celebrate 100 years of peace among English-speaking peoples.
   人们正计划在纽约举行国际大会，庆祝讲英语国家的人民实现100年的和平。
4. Infelicitous circumstances; unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes-American Guide Series.
   悲惨的环境；不幸的商队，脱离了队伍徒步走在沼泽和藤丛之中&《美国导游丛书》。
5. I have learned that the swiftest traveller is he that goes afoot.
   我已经明白最快的旅行是步行。
6. There's a scheme afoot to put a motorway through the park.
   现在正酝酿着一个计划，要修一条穿过公园的高速公路。
7. It never entered my head that there was devilry afoot.
   我从没有想到竟然有人会恶作剧。
8. I hear there's something afoot about changing the management structure of the company.
   我听说改变公司管理部门结构计划在部署之中。
9. Did you came all the way afoot?
   你是一路走来的吗？
10. Favourable shifts in the underlying legal infrastructure are afoot.
    有利于基本的法律结构的转变正在进行中。
11. But bigger changes are also afoot.
    不过，更大的变化也在酝酿之中。
12. A plan was afoot to seize power. There is some work toward.
    夺权的计划在进行中。
13. There is mischief afoot; plans are afoot; preparations for the trial are underway.
    正在搞恶作剧；计划正在执行；对实验的准备正在进行。
14. Either he was not ready to reveal what was afoot, or he did not know.
    他要么没准备好公开现状，要么对其全不知情。
15. There was a campaign afoot to reinstate you.
    有些人正在活动，要让你复职。
16. But were our witty empress well afoot.
    要是让我们那聪明的皇后看了。
17. There is a scheme afoot to improve recreational facilities in the area.
    有一项改善本地区娱乐设施的计划正在进行。
18. Something's afoot& the managers keep having secret meetings.
    有些事正在筹划之中&经理们不断地召开秘密会议。
19. His nature will be changed by the changes he has already set afoot.
    他的本性将随着他已经开始的变化而变化。
20. A sense of stigma is afoot.
    一种耻辱感正在浮现。
21. Important changes are afoot in datacenter storage technologies.
    资料处理中心储存技术正在作一些非常重要的改动。
22. Plans are afoot to stage a new opera.
    上演一部新歌剧的计划正在酝酿之中。
23. Plans were afoot for a royal visit from the king and queen of spain.
    迎接西班牙国王及王后访问的计划在进行中。
24. But citizens and foreign investors need to know plans are afoot to bring the budget back into balance.
    但美国公民和外国投资者需要知道，让预算恢复平衡的计划正在准备中。
25. Still at his heels she comes, and once afoot, is never turned aside.
    但是她跟住了他，一旦开始，便义无反顾了。
26. The dark rider is afoot. don't be damn fools.
    那黑暗骑士正在复活，别傻了。
27. New jitters are afoot about a double-dip recession and deflation too.
    双底衰退和通缩也引发了新的紧张情绪。
28. However, in Washington, a different type of complacency has been afoot.
    然而，美国政府的自满是另一种类型。
29. But executives across the Chinese internet industry are convinced that change is afoot.
    但中国互联网行业的高管们相信，变革已经开始。
30. Plans are afoot to implement the project in Asia& and expand the functionality of the software.
    目前，人们正在准备在亚洲实施这一项目，并扩展该软件的功能。

adv

1. on foot
   1. they went to the village afoot
   2. quail are hunted either afoot or on horseback