beneath
beneath 英 [bɪˈni:θ] 美 [bɪˈniθ]
prep. 在…之下 adv. 在下方
- Things that are under something else are beneath it. A star gazer is beneath the night sky, and tropical fish swim beneath the surface of the water.
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- prep. 在…之下
- adv. 在下方
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1. The boat sank beneath the waves.
小船被大浪吞没了。
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2. They found the body buried beneath a pile of leaves.
他们发现尸体被埋在一堆树叶下面。
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3. He considers such jobs beneath him.
他觉得这些工作有失他的身分。
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4. They thought she had married beneath her.
他们认为她下嫁了（嫁给了地位比她低的人）。
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5. Her careful make-up hid the signs of age beneath.
她细腻的化妆掩盖了她年龄的痕迹。
- beneath (adv., prep.) Old English beneoðan "under, below, in a lower place, further down than," in late Old English "lower in rank, degree, excellence, etc.," from be- "by" + neoðan "below, down, from below," from Proto-Germanic *niþar "lower, farther down, down" (see nether). Meaning "unworthy of" is attested from 1849 (purists prefer below in this sense). "The be- gave or emphasized the notion of 'where,' excluding that of 'whence' pertaining to the simple niðan" [OED].
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