undercurrent 英 [ˈʌndəkʌrənt]   美 [ˈʌndərkɜrənt]

undercurrent

undercurrent  英 [ˈʌndəkʌrənt] 美 [ˈʌndərkɜrənt]

n. 暗流;潜流 

名词复数:undercurrents 

It’s often when you think you’re the most comfortable that there’s a subtle undercurrent of dissatisfaction. 在你自我感觉处于最安逸的时候,内心常常会有一股微妙的不安的暗流。
In addition, there is the persistent undercurrent of Japanese corporations buying yen as they repatriate profits or income earned off investments abroad. 此外,随着日本公司将海外投资获得的利润或收入转回国内,产生了这些公司持续买进日元的暗流。

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  • n. 暗流;潜流
  • 1. It’s often when you think you’re the most comfortable that there’s a subtle undercurrent of dissatisfaction.

    在你自我感觉处于最安逸的时候,内心常常会有一股微妙的不安的暗流。

  • 2. In addition, there is the persistent undercurrent of Japanese corporations buying yen as they repatriate profits or income earned off investments abroad.

    此外,随着日本公司将海外投资获得的利润或收入转回国内,产生了这些公司持续买进日元的暗流。

  • 3. There are so many things we are afraid of – disease, accidents, old age, natural disasters – that we are almost used to having this undercurrent of dread in our lives.

    世界上有太多我们害怕的事情——疾病,事故,年纪渐老,自然灾害——这些事情会合成了一股暗流,让我们一生都在担心害怕。

  • undercurrent (n.) 1660s, "stream of water or air flowing beneath the surface or beneath another current," a hybrid formed from under + current (n.). The figurative sense of "suppressed or underlying character" is attested from 1817.
under·cur·rent / ˈʌndəkʌrənt ; NAmE ˈʌndərkɜːrənt / noun undercurrent(of sth) a feeling, especially a negative one, that is hidden but whose effects are felt 潜在的情绪(尤指负面的) SYN undertone I detect an undercurrent of resentment towards the new proposals. 我察觉到对新提案有一股潜在的不满情绪。 undercurrent undercurrents under·cur·rent / ˈʌndəkʌrənt ; NAmE ˈʌndərkɜːrənt /
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