afoot

音标发音

• 英式音标 [əˈfʊt]
• 美式音标 [əˈfʊt]
• 国际音标 [ə'fut]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• adj.徒步的；在准备中的；在进行中
• adv.徒步地；在准备中地；在进行中

词根记忆

• a(在…之中) + foot(脚)→徒步的

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• So, in short, there seems to be a plan afoot.
  因此，简单地说，这似乎有一个正在进行的计划。
• Yet on the basis of this short stay in Shahabpur more change is afoot in India’s villages than is commonly supposed.
  然而，根据这次在沙哈普尔短暂停留的印象，印度乡村悄然发生的变化比一般所想象中的多。
• Now there’s a move afoot — driven, of course, by a major lobbying campaign — to offer an amnesty under which companies could move funds back while paying hardly any taxes.
  现在有一种动议——当然受到大的游说活动的鼓动——要提供一种赦免，在这一赦免下公司可以转回资金，但几乎不交纳任何税。

原声例句

• So, in short, there seems to be a plan afoot.
  因此，简单地说，这似乎有一个正在进行的计划。
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权威例句

• Meanwhile, a terrestrial disruption is afoot that is fundamentally altering the delivery of TV content.
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• There is a movement afoot for more creative, and hopefully more effective, punishments for white-collar crime.
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• Is there restructuring or other changes afoot where you have to pay closer attention?
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词组短语

短语

• set afoot 着手
• get afoot 开始
• afoot peripatetic 徒步的
• afoot t 徒步的
• go afoot 走路去

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• happening or being planned or prepared

柯林斯英英字典

• If you say that a plan or scheme is afoot, it is already happening or being planned, but you do not know much about it.

专业释义

新闻学与传播学

• 在准备中