underworld

英 [ˈʌndəwɜːld]

美 [ˈʌndərwɜːrld]

n.  黑社会; 黑道; 犯罪集团; 阴间; 冥府; 阴曹地府

复数：underworlds　

TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.14419 / COCA.12970

牛津词典

noun

• 黑社会；黑道；犯罪集团
  the people and activities involved in crime in a particular place
  1. the criminal underworld
     罪恶的黑社会
  2. the Glasgow underworld
     格拉斯哥的黑社会
• 阴间；冥府；阴曹地府
  the place under the earth where people are believed to go when they die

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 黑帮；黑社会
  Theunderworldin a city is the organized crime there and the people who are involved in it.
  1. ...a Spanish Harlem underworld of gangs, drugs and violence...
     充斥着犯罪团伙、毒品和暴力的西班牙哈莱姆区黑社会
  2. Some claim that she still has connections to the criminal underworld.
     有人称她仍与黑社会犯罪势力有来往。
  3. ...a wealthy businessman with underworld connections.
     一位与黑社会有联系的富商
• N-SING 地狱；阴间；冥府
  In many ancient religions and legends,the underworldis a place under the earth's surface where people go after they die.
  1. ...Persephone, goddess of the underworld.
     冥后珀耳塞福涅

双语例句

• For her last task Psyche was given a little box and told to take it to the underworld.
  终于，在她的最后一项任务中，维纳斯给了普赛克一个小盒子，交代她将盒子拿到地下去。
• Uh-oh, this looks like an underworld operation.
  哎呀，这地方看起来像黑道经营的场所。
• Hades and his brothers Zeus and Poseidon defeated the Titans and claimed rulership over the universe ruling the underworld, sky, and sea.
  哈迪斯和他的兄弟宙斯，波塞冬一起打败了提坦，了宇宙的统治权，掌管冥界，天空和海洋。
• I have heard he has some friends in the underworld.
  听说他认识一些黑道的朋友。
• Your task is to destroy the forces of hell and fight against the most fearsome hordes of the underworld.
  你的任务是摧毁地狱势力的力量和对抗可怕的地狱游牧部落。
• Your companions will be shadows in the underworld.
  你的伙伴将是地下的阴影。
• He rose, and ruled as god of the underworld.
  他活了过来并成为统治阴间的神。
• The others will stay captured in the mine forever and their ghosts will become the underworld guardians.
  其他的人进去后就被陷在矿山里，其鬼魂也成为地下财宝的看守者。
• Like a king in exile, uncrowned in the underworld.
  像流放中的君王，被废黜到地狱。
• Precursor of the underworld feel nothing of light!
  前兆感觉冥界所无所的光！