underworld

美 [ˈʌndərwɜːrld]英 [ˈʌndəwɜːld]
  • n.黑社会;阴间;黑道;冥府;犯罪集团;阴曹地府
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noun

1

黑社会;黑道;犯罪集团
the people and activities involved in crime in a particular place

the criminal underworld

罪恶的黑社会

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

underworld

频次

  • 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.

    ...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
    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.

    ...Persephone, goddess of the underworld.

    冥后珀耳塞福涅

noun

1
(religion) the world of the dead
No one goes to Hades with all his immense wealth"-Theogni
Synonym: Hell Hades infernal region netherworld Scheol
2
the criminal class

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  1. Uh - oh , this looks like an underworld operation .

    哎呀,这地方看起来像黑道经营的场所。

  2. I have heard he has some friends in the underworld .

    听说他认识一些黑道的朋友。

  3. 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。

  4. 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。

  5. Our word for the worst possible place ( religious or not ) comes from Proto-Germanic haljo , " the underworld . " Some relationship also exists between " cell " and " hell " through the Proto-Indo-European word for " to cover " or " conceal9 " — kel .

    我们用来形容可能出现的最坏的世界(无论是否与宗教相关)的词来源于原始日耳曼语haljo——“阴间”。“cell”和“hell”还在原印欧语词存在某些关系,意为“覆盖”或“隐藏”。

  6. 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。

  7. On Social Basis of Underworld and Evil Force and Precautions against Them

    论黑恶势力滋生蔓延的社会基础及预防措施

  8. Those who live by vice and crime would go to the underworld after death .

    生活在罪恶中的人死后必下地狱。

  9. Studies about plots of " He Li Entering the Underworld "

    何立入冥故事流变研究

  10. Precursor of the underworld feel nothing of light !

    前兆感觉冥界所无所的光!

  11. The Colorful Underworld Uni ed by Capital : Culture , Regional Architecture and Spatial Production

    资本一统下的纷纷江湖&文化、地域建筑与空间生产

  12. 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。

  13. I wouldn 't be surprised if their clients were people with underworld connections .

    他们的客户要是和黑社会的人有关系的话我一点都不吃惊。

  14. He rose , and ruled as god of the underworld .

    他活了过来并成为统治阴间的神。

  15. Of course , he wants information . He 's trying to communicate with his people in the underworld .

    他要传达信息他要和地下同党取得联系。

  16. Even as the hacking underworld has splintered , new threats are emerging .

    就在地下黑客内部四分五裂的时候,新的威胁又出现了。

  17. 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。

  18. Pimps are a little known part of the escort underworld .

    皮条客是非法伴游业鲜为人知的一环。

  19. 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!

  20. The god of the underworld and the dead .

    冥界的统治者,死神。

  21. We 're about to go inside the escort underworld to find out how it all works .

    我们即将进入非法伴游业看看究竟如何运作。

  22. His first success was Orpheus in the Underworld ( 1858 ) .

    他的第一部成功作品是《地狱中的俄耳甫斯》(1858)。

  23. 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。

  24. 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。

  25. 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。

  26. Many are caught in an abusive underworld ...

    很多人在罪恶世界饱受凌虐…

  27. As the society , politics , economy change fast , the underworld appear diversified and growth-up in recent years .

    随着社会、政治、经济快速变迁,使得近年来的黑道活动型态呈现多样化与成长化。

  28. Just at that moment , Hermes arrived in the underworld .

    就在此刻,赫耳墨斯到达地府。

  29. Emphasis in this chapter mainly falls on his three later novels & Libra , Underworld , and Falling Man .

    本章主要对他后期的三部小说《天秤星座》,《地下世界》,《坠落的人》进行了详细的文本分析。

  30. Wait near the gate of underworld

    在冥府之门旁等待