underworld

英 [ˈʌndəwɜːld] 美 [ˈʌndərwɜːrld]

n.  黑社会; 黑道; 犯罪集团; 阴间; 冥府; 阴曹地府

复数:underworlds

TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.14419 / COCA.12970



牛津词典

noun

  1. 黑社会;黑道;犯罪集团
    the people and activities involved in crime in a particular place
    1. the criminal underworld
      罪恶的黑社会
    2. the Glasgow underworld
      格拉斯哥的黑社会
  2. 阴间;冥府;阴曹地府
    the place under the earth where people are believed to go when they die

    柯林斯词典

    1. N-SING 黑帮;黑社会
      The underworld in a city is the organized crime there and the people who are involved in it.
      1. ...a Spanish Harlem underworld of gangs, drugs and violence...
        充斥着犯罪团伙、毒品和暴力的西班牙哈莱姆区黑社会
      2. Some claim that she still has connections to the criminal underworld.
        有人称她仍与黑社会犯罪势力有来往。
      3. ...a wealthy businessman with underworld connections.
        一位与黑社会有联系的富商
    2. N-SING 地狱;阴间;冥府
      In many ancient religions and legends, the underworld is a place under the earth's surface where people go after they die.
      1. ...Persephone, goddess of the underworld.
        冥后珀耳塞福涅

    双语例句

    1. Gino clawed his way out of underworld obscurity to become a millionaire hotelier.
      吉诺从底层社会的无名小卒一步步奋斗成为拥有百万家财的酒店大亨。
    2. All the efforts are to be devoted to combating underworld gangs during the Spring Festival holidays.
      春节期间,要全力抓好打黑工作。
    3. For her last task Psyche was given a little box and told to take it to the underworld.
      终于,在她的最后一项任务中,维纳斯给了普赛克一个小盒子,交代她将盒子拿到地下去。
    4. Hades and his brothers Zeus and Poseidon defeated the Titans and claimed rulership over the universe ruling the underworld, sky, and sea.
      哈迪斯和他的兄弟宙斯,波塞冬一起打败了提坦,了宇宙的统治权,掌管冥界,天空和海洋。
    5. Greek religious thought held that after death the individual disappeared into an underworld where existence was without meaning.
      希腊宗教思想认为人死后会消失到一个阴间,在那里,存在没有意义。
    6. Your companions will be shadows in the underworld.
      你的伙伴将是地下的阴影。
    7. The others will stay captured in the mine forever and their ghosts will become the underworld guardians.
      其他的人进去后就被陷在矿山里,其鬼魂也成为地下财宝的看守者。
    8. Especially, the "underworld" in the Hongkong film is not completely negative.
      香港“黑道”电影是香港电影中一道独特的文化景观。
    9. Returning from the Underworld, Snow White is befriended by woodland animals and cute creatures of the forest.
      刚刚逃离地狱之门的白雪公主与草地上的动物们还有可爱的森林生物交起了朋友。
    10. Uh-oh, this looks like an underworld operation.
      哎呀,这地方看起来像黑道经营的场所。
    11. Two milleniums ago, there was a war between the human world and the other, the Underworld.
      两千年以前,在人类世界与堕落的世界(魔界)间爆发了一场战争。
    12. She was a shady figure in the Dublin underworld.
      她是都柏林犯罪圈子中的可疑人物。
    13. He looked like a shifty underworld character.
      他看起来是个鬼头鬼脑的下流社会的角色。
    14. He explained that Luca Brasi was one of the most feared men in the Eastern underworld.
      他解释说,卢卡·布拉西是在东部的下层社会里面是最让人害怕的人。
    15. "Blood's a Rover" is the final book of his "Underworld USA" trilogy.
      “血迹蔓延”是埃尔罗伊“美国黑帮三部曲”中的最后一部作品。
    16. With no one watching, they fled past the metal gate which was the door to the Underworld.
      在无人看管的情况下,他们经过阴间的金属门,逃出了阴间。
    17. He rose, and ruled as god of the underworld.
      他活了过来并成为统治阴间的神。
    18. Below the Earth, Pluto was king of the underworld, where it was always dark and gloomy.
      大地下面,普路托是阴朝地府之王;那儿,总是黑沉沉、阴森森的。
    19. He snuck into the underworld, which was a forbidden place to go.
      他溜入阴间禁地。
    20. Who ruled the underworld in Greek mythology?
      在希腊神话中谁掌管地狱来着?
    21. Because Perephone ate six seeds, she will live in the underworld for six months of the year.
      因为帕尔塞福涅吃了六颗石榴种子,一年之中,她将在地府呆六个月。
    22. Save the world from the hordes of the underworld!
      从来至地狱的游牧部落手中拯救世界!
    23. I have heard he has some friends in the underworld.
      听说他认识一些黑道的朋友。
    24. Trish: 20 years ago, Mundus, the emperor of the Underworld resurrected.
      崔西:20年前,魔帝穆图斯复活了。
    25. Precursor of the underworld feel nothing of light!
      前兆感觉冥界所无所的光!
    26. There is one terrifying aspect of the underworld which is similar to the christians concept of hell.
      具有阴间可怕的样子,阴间类似基督徒地狱的观念。
    27. Your task is to destroy the forces of hell and fight against the most fearsome hordes of the underworld.
      你的任务是摧毁地狱势力的力量和对抗可怕的地狱游牧部落。
    28. Like a king in exile, uncrowned in the underworld.
      像流放中的君王,被废黜到地狱。
    29. Fire also plays a part in the Egyptian concept of the underworld.
      火也在埃及人阴间观念里扮演了一个角色。