PREFIX Under- is used to form words that express the idea that there is not enough of something. For example if people are underfed, they are not getting enough food. 表示“不够”
Make sure that you are not underinsured.
确保你的保险是足额的。
PREFIX Under- is added to the beginning of nouns that refer to a job or rank in order to form nouns that refer to a less important job or rank. 用在名词前表示“低于...”
...the new undersecretary of education.
...新的副教育部长。
If it's not under 'sports', try looking under 'games'.
如果在“体育运动”项下查不到,就试试“游戏”项吧。
They feel under permanent threat.
他们感觉处在持续不断的威胁之下。
他觉得自己将要昏厥。
Mexico is receiving money for training, equipment and other anti-drug activities under an agreement signed last year with the United States.
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Six years later when Milton writes Lycidas, he's employing the same fiction of unreadiness and filled with all of the same anxiety of under-preparedness.
六年后弥尔顿写《利西达斯》的时候,表现的还是这种未准备好的状态,充满了同样的为薄发而厚积时的焦躁。
He knows that he shouldn't put arsenic under - He shouldn't put arsenic under aluminum.
他知道他不能将砷放到,他不能把砷放到铝的下面。
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