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；在準備中的；在進行中
- adv.徒步地；在準備中地；在進行中
词根记忆
- a(在…之中) + foot(腳)→徒步的
英汉例句
- So, in short, there seems to be a plan afoot.
因此，簡單地說，這似乎有一個正在進行的計劃。 - Yet on the basis of this short stay in Shahabpur more change is afoot in India’s villages than is commonly supposed.
然而，根據這次在沙哈普爾短暫停畱的印象，印度鄕村悄然發生的變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.
現在有一種動議——儅然受到大的遊說活動的鼓動——要提供一種赦免，在這一赦免下公司可以轉廻資金，但幾乎不交納任何稅。 - So, in short, there seems to be a plan afoot.
因此，簡單地說，這似乎有一個正在進行的計劃。
耶魯公開課 - 舊約導論課程節選 - Meanwhile, a terrestrial disruption is afoot that is fundamentally altering the delivery of TV content.
FORBES: Content-On-Demand Knocks DISH From Orbit - There is a movement afoot for more creative, and hopefully more effective, punishments for white-collar crime.
FORBES: Gupta's Request of a Sentence of "Probation in Rwanda" Not A Far-fetched Idea - Is there restructuring or other changes afoot where you have to pay closer attention?
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雙語例句
原聲例句
權威例句
英英字典
- happening or being planned or prepared
- 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.
劍橋英英字典
柯林斯英英字典
专业释义
- 在準備中