afoot 英 [əˈfʊt] 　 美 [əˈfʊt]

afoot

afoot　 英 [əˈfʊt] 美 [əˈfʊt]

adj. 在进行中的；徒步的；准备中　 adv. 在进行中，在准备中　

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。
Plans are afoot to implement the project in Asia — and expand the functionality of the software.　目前，人们正在准备在亚洲实施这一项目，并扩展该软件的功能。

  • Something that's afoot is already happening, underway, or being prepared. You might reassure your fellow French club members that plans are afoot for a fund raiser to support your upcoming trip to Québec.
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  • adj. 在进行中的；徒步的；准备中
  • adv. 在进行中，在准备中

  • 1. 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。

  • 2. Plans are afoot to implement the project in Asia — and expand the functionality of the software.

    目前，人们正在准备在亚洲实施这一项目，并扩展该软件的功能。

  • 3. 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。

  • afoot (adv., adj.) c. 1200, afote, "on foot, walking, not on horseback," contraction of prepositional phrase on fotum; see a- (1) "on" + foot (n.). Meaning "astir, on the move" is from 1520s; figurative sense of "in active operation" is from 1601 ("Julius Caesar").
afoot / əˈfʊt ; NAmE əˈfʊt / adjective [not before noun ] being planned; happening 计划中；进行中 ◆ There are plans afoot to increase taxation. 正在拟订增税方案。 ◆ Changes were afoot. 各种变革正在进行之中。 afoot / əˈfʊt ; NAmE əˈfʊt /
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