underhand
英 ['?nd?h?nd]
美 [,?nd?'h?nd]
- adj. （球賽時投球）下投的；陰險的
- adv. 欺詐地；以下手投
英文詞源
- underhand (adv.)
- mid-14c., "by secret means, stealthily, in a surreptitious manner," from under + hand (n.). Perhaps the notion is of the hand turned over (thus concealing what it holds). Compare Middle Dutch onderhanden "by degrees, slowly," Dutch onderhandsch "secret, private." The adjective is attested from 1540s. Old English under hand meant "in subjection, in (one's) control or power."
雙語例句
- 1. It is a sneaky and underhand way of doing business.
- 這種做生意的方式偷偷摸摸，遮遮掩掩。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. In softball, pitches are tossed underhand.
- 壘球運動中采用低手投球。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Mr Livingstone accused the government of being underhand.
- 利文斯通先生指責政府搞欺詐。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. I would never have expected her to behave in such an underhand way.
- 我從未想到她的行為竟如此陰險。
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. Underhand work of that sort is against the grain with me.
- 這種欺詐的勾當跟我格格不入.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》