beneath

[bi'ni:θ]

prep.在 ... 之下, 被...覆盖, 低于..., 不值得
adv.在下方, 在底下

例句与用法：

Beneath that apparently calm surface is a man of fierce temper.

文静的外表掩盖着的是一个火暴脾气的人。

Snobs are usually contemptuous of people they feel to be beneath them.

势利者通常瞧不起他们认为地位在他们之下的人。

Her careful make-up hid the signs of age beneath.

她的精心化妆掩饰了脂粉下面岁月刻下的痕迹。

We looked down from the plane at the fields spread out beneath.

我们从飞机上俯瞰下面一片片的土地。

Such behaviour is beneath contempt.

这种行为令人不齿。

The ship sank beneath the waves.

轮船沉没于波涛下面。

详细释义：

ad.

1. 在下; 向下

As we flew over the mountains we could see that there were snowy peaks beneath.

我们飞过群山时看到了底下被雪覆盖着的山巅。

2. (地位等)较低; 较劣

prep.

1. 在……之下; 向……下面

The sun is now beneath the horizon.

太阳此刻落到地平线下了。

2. (地位等)低于; 劣于

He is beneath his brother intellectually.

他在智力方面不如他兄弟。

3. 对……不适合(或不值得)

He considered that job beneath him.

他认为做那个工作有失他的身份。

4. 在……影响下