underbelly 英 ['ʌndəbelɪ]   美 ['ʌndɚ'bɛli]

underbelly

underbelly  英 ['ʌndəbelɪ] 美 ['ʌndɚ'bɛli]

n. 下腹部;薄弱部分;易受攻击的部位、区域等 

名词复数:underbellies 

It's enterprise 2.0 for the criminal underbelly of the Internet. 网络犯罪的弱点就在于它缺乏企业2.0式的协作方式。
But when threatened, the animal will clamp down tightly on the seafloor to protect its soft underbelly. 但当其感受到威胁时,这种动物会紧紧地贴覆在海底岩石上,以保护其柔软的腹部。

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  • n. 下腹部;薄弱部分;易受攻击的部位、区域等
  • 1. It's enterprise 2.0 for the criminal underbelly of the Internet.

    网络犯罪的弱点就在于它缺乏企业2.0式的协作方式。

  • 2. But when threatened, the animal will clamp down tightly on the seafloor to protect its soft underbelly.

    但当其感受到威胁时,这种动物会紧紧地贴覆在海底岩石上,以保护其柔软的腹部。

  • 3. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (1979-89) exposed the Soviet’s soft underbelly and made its geopolitical disadvantages more obvious.

    苏联入侵阿富汗(1979--89)暴露了苏联的软肋,并使其地理政治的弱势更加明显。

  • underbelly (n.) c. 1600, from under + belly (n.). In figurative sense of "most vulnerable part" it is recorded from Churchill's 1942 speech. Sometimes used erroneously or euphemistically in sense of "seamy or sordid part" of anything.
under·belly / ˈʌndəbeli ; NAmE ˈʌndərbeli / noun [singular ] 1 the weakest part of sth that is most easily attacked 脆弱点;薄弱环节 The trade deficit remains the soft underbellyof the US economy. 贸易赤字仍是美国经济的软肋。 2 the underneath part of an animal (动物的)下腹部,腩 ( figurative) He became familiar with the dark underbelly of life in the city (= the parts that are usually hidden). 他逐渐熟悉都市生活的阴暗面。 underbelly underbellies under·belly / ˈʌndəbeli ; NAmE ˈʌndərbeli /
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