详解介词below, beneath

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详解介词below, beneath

帖子 royl » 周三 7月 28, 2010 12:18 am

详解介词below, beneath

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1. 在…下面:
Our apartment is below theirs. (我们的公寓在他们的下面)
She wore a skirt that reached below her knees. = The bottom of her skirt was below her knees. (她穿了一件低于膝盖的裙子)
We could see only clouds below us. (我们可以看到云层在我们下面)
The diver descended below 25 meters. (潜水者潜至离水面二十五公尺下)
The sun disappeared below the horizon. (日头消失在地平面之下)
a spot directly below us (直接在我面下面的地点)
the valley far below us (在我们下面的山谷)
just/slightly below the horizon (稍微低于地平线)

* The opposite of every sense of below is above. (跟below完全相反的意义是above)

2. 低于, 小于:
Temperatures were below average/normal all week. (整个星期的温度低于正常)
The game is suitable for children below [=younger than, under] the age of 10. (这个游戏适合于小于十岁的儿童)
She worked for wage rates below those of other workers. (她的工资低于其他员工)

3. 低重要性, 低权力, 低阶:
A lieutenant is below a captain. [=a captain outranks a lieutenant] (中尉比上尉低阶)
He ranks far below his superior. (他的官阶远比他的主管低)

4. 低顺序, 低优先:
He puts his own needs below his child's needs. (他把自己的需要置于儿女需要之下)


beneath:
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1a. 在…下面:
the sky above us and the earth beneath us (天空在我们之上, 土地在我们之下)
just beneath the surface of the water (就在水面之下)
The painting is hanging on the wall with a plaque beneath it. (这个油画挂在墙壁上, 有一匾额正好挂在下面)

1b. 正下方:
the ground beneath [=underneath] her feet (脚下的地面)
We had a picnic beneath a large tree. (我们在树下用野餐)
The paper was hidden beneath a pile of books. (纸张藏在一堆书底下)
She wore a sweater beneath her coat. (她在大衣里面穿了一件毛衣)

2. 鄙视, 不配:
He won't do any work that he considers beneath him. [=work that he thinks is not good enough for a person of his social class] (他不愿做他鄙视的工作)
She refused to marry beneath her. [=to marry someone with a lower social standing than hers] (她拒绝嫁给身份比她低的人)

3. 在…压力或影响力之下:
The chair sagged beneath [=under, underneath] his weight. [=his weight caused the chair to sag] (椅子被他压弯了)

4. 隐藏在…之下:
He has a warm heart beneath [=under, underneath] his gruff manner. (在他粗暴的举止之内隐藏着一颗温柔的心灵)

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