c. 1600, "the lower world, Hades, place of departed souls," also "the earth, the world below the skies," as distinguished from heaven. Similar formation in German unterwelt, Dutch onderwereld, Danish underverden. Meaning "lower level of society" is first recorded 1890; "criminals and organized crime collectively" is attested from 1900.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Some claim that she still has connections to the criminal underworld.
有人稱她仍與黑社會(huì)犯罪勢(shì)力有來(lái)往。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. She was a shady figure in the Dublin underworld.
她是都柏林犯罪圈子中的可疑人物.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
3. The central character of the novel is a sort of underworld figure.
這部小說(shuō)的中心角色是個(gè)黑社會(huì)人物.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
4. Gino clawed his way out of underworld obscurity to become a millionaire hotelier.