underbelly

noun

1. 脆弱点；薄弱环节
   the weakest part of sth that is most easily attacked
   1. The trade deficit remains the soft underbelly of the US economy.
      贸易赤字仍是美国经济的软肋。
2. （动物的）下腹部，腩
   the underneath part of an animal
   1. He became familiar with the dark underbelly of life in the city (= the parts that are usually hidden) .
      他逐渐熟悉都市生活的阴暗面。

1. N-COUNT 软肋；最薄弱的环节；最易受攻击的部分
   The underbelly of something is the part of it that can be most easily attacked or criticized.
   1. The ANC are attacking rugby because it is the soft underbelly of South African sport...
      橄榄球运动在“非国大”受到抨击，因为它是南非体育的软肋。
   2. Inadvertent disclosures by judges sometimes offer an extraordinary glimpse of the legal system's underbelly.
      法官无意中透露的一些情况有时能见微知著地揭示出司法制度的薄弱之处。
2. N-COUNT （动物的）下腹部；（交通工具的）底部，下部
   The underbelly of an animal or a vehicle is the underneath part of it.
   1. ...the underbelly of a fish...
      鱼肚
   2. The missiles emerge from the underbelly of the transport plane.
      导弹从那架运输机的底部飞了出来。

1. The ANC are attacking rugby because it is the soft underbelly of South African sport
   橄榄球运动在“非国大”受到抨击，因为它是南非体育的软肋。
2. Inadvertent disclosures by judges sometimes offer an extraordinary glimpse of the legal system's underbelly.
   法官无意中透露的一些情况有时能见微知著地揭示出司法制度的薄弱之处。
3. The missiles emerge from the underbelly of the transport plane.
   导弹从那架运输机的底部飞了出来。
4. But when it happens in bitcoin, the currency appears to be part and parcel with the criminal underbelly of society.
   但如果犯罪分子使用比特币，这种货币似乎就成了罪恶社会不可或缺的一环。
5. Green datacenters typically are built around the idea of maximizing datacenter resources, using virtualization software as its underbelly.
   绿色的数据中心通常通过虚拟化软件尽可能充分地利用数据中心资源。
6. By exposing its underbelly to any potential attacker it is showing that it doesn't mean any trouble.
   通过露出其下腹部给任何潜在的攻击者来表示它不会反抗。
7. Cannes has a dirty underbelly
   戛纳也有软肋
8. Instead he produced some famous photographs. They were taken in August 1972 by an underwater camera triggered by a sonar beam, and seemed to show a diamond-shaped flipper attached to a large underbelly.
   他在1972年8月用水下声纳摄影机拍摄了几张很有名的照片，上面显示的似乎是水怪巨大的下腹部，一个钻石状的菱形鳍状肢附在其上。
9. But in a world where most other religious shrines have even darker undertones, the underbelly of Disney still looks relatively innocent and happy.
   但在当今世界上，其他多数宗教圣地都笼罩在更加灰暗的色调下，如此看来，迪士尼的软肋似乎还是相对单纯而美好的。
10. Teenagers are nothing if not experts at looking at the cruel, torturous underbelly of life.
    少年是将生活看做残忍，残酷的专家。
11. On the one hand, this could merely be the light of the moon on the snow, reflecting off the soft underbelly of the animal.
    另一方面，也可能是月光洒向雪地，反射到动物的下腹。
12. Through the cellophane waters of florida's freshwaters springs, the underbelly of an American alligator looks decidedly vulnerable.
    透过佛州清泉晶莹剔透的泉水，美洲鳄鱼的腹部看起来非常容易被攻击。
13. Small businesses are the soft underbelly of the British economy, and they need as much government support as possible.
    小公司是英国经济的最薄弱部分，他们需要尽可能多的政府支持。
14. You have to go for the soft liberal underbelly.
    你得攻击易攻的自由主义的弱点。
15. The stock-market crisis struck at the soft underbelly of the US economy, eg its trade deficit.
    股市危机打击了美国经济的薄弱环节（如贸易逆差）。
16. The abdomen swells, the underbelly holds and the block thing, or has frequent micturition, the constipation, the bowel movement to be impeded, to be sterile.
    腹部胀大，下腹部扪及块物，或有尿频、便秘、大便不畅、不孕。
17. Figurative he became familiar with the dark underbelly of life in the city.
    他逐渐熟悉都市生活的阴暗面。
18. Analysis of Curative effect in 24 cases of underbelly fat accumulation underwent tumescent Liposuction technique
    下腹脂肪堆积行肿胀吸脂术24例疗效分析
19. The trade deficit remains the soft underbelly of the US economy.
    贸易赤字仍是美国经济的软助。
20. Mr Ott adds that China has been "playing defence" in North-East Asia, but "sees opportunity in the 'soft underbelly'" that is South-East Asia.
    奥特又表示，中国一直在东北亚“处于守势”，但在东南亚“这一软肋看到了机会”。
21. But the underbelly of the beats are all the same.
    但其低音部分的拍子却是一样的。
22. The sick woman complains on acute pain in the underbelly ( in the heart area).
    患病妇女说她下腹剧痛（心脏部分）。
23. This is the city's dusty underbelly, an unplanned settlement where people try to make a meager living selling home made breads and chapattis from their door step.
    这里常常尘土飞扬，并不是一个适合居住的地方，那里的居民靠在家门口出售自制的面包和薄煎饼维持艰难的生活。
24. How did it ever find me, here in the underbelly of the world?
    我如何在这个世界的地下找到它？
25. In the treatment or post-operative period, the syndrome of post embolism appeared in different degrees such as the pain of underbelly, the bulge of loin and the fever, etc.
    治疗中或术后出现不同程度的下腹部、腰部坠胀疼痛及发热等栓塞后综合征。
26. Conclusion: Regular underbelly kneading and perineum rinsing in the early postpartum can promote self-urination of lying-in women, which play obvious role in prevention of postpartum urine retention.
    结论：产后早期定时下腹按摩结合会阴冲洗可促进产妇及早自解小便，对预防产后尿潴留的发生有明显的效果。
27. Methods 24 cases of underbelly fat accumulation underwent tumescent liposuction technique.
    方法对24例下腹部脂肪堆积症行肿胀吸脂术治疗。
28. And using the fault tree analysis technique, points out the underbelly of the system, which could help the reliability design and improvement;
    并利用故障树分析技术，给出了系统的软件故障树，指出系统的薄弱环节，这对系统的可靠性设计、进一步改进和完善具有很好的指导意义；
29. The current "unlicensed cars" has become the soft underbelly of urban traffic, not only disrupted the market order, against the legitimate interests of the operators, but also seriously affected the image of the city.
    当前黑车已经成为我国许多城市交通运输的软肋，严重扰乱了市场正常的运营秩序，不仅侵害了合法经营者的利益，而且影响了城市形象。