underworld

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈʌn.də.wɜːld]
• 美式音标 [ˈʌn.dɚ.wɝːld]
• 国际音标 ['ʌndəwə:ld]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n.黑社会；下层社会；阴间；地球

同根派生

英汉例句

• She was a shady figure in the Dublin underworld.
  她是都柏林犯罪圈子中的可疑人物.
• He snuck into the underworld, which was a forbidden place to go.
  他溜入阴间禁地.
• She was then forced into the underworld.
  后来尤丽黛丝便被打了地府.
• 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。
• Some claim that she still has connections to the criminal underworld.
  有人称她仍与黑社会犯罪势力有来往。

词组短语

短语

• Underworld Empire 黑社会帝国;地下帝国;黑道王朝
• S UNDERWORLD 地下伦敦
• Underworld Overlord 地下霸王;地下霸主
• Underworld II 黑夜传说II
• Underworld TD 地狱塔防

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• (CRIME) the part of society consisting of criminal organizations and activities
• (IN STORIES) in mythology, a place under the earth where the spirits of the dead go

柯林斯英英字典

• The underworld in a city is the organized crime there and the people who are involved in it.

专业释义

法学

• 黑社会

  The organized crime of the underworld is a kind of newly developing crime. It is made in 1997.
  1997年刑法根据我国社会发展的实际情况,特别是刑事犯罪发展出现的新趋势增设了黑社会性质组织犯罪的规定。