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

• Below the Earth, Pluto was king of the underworld, where it was always dark and gloomy.
  大地下面，普路托是阴朝地府之王；那儿，总是黑沉沉、阴森森的。
• I have heard he has some friends in the underworld.
  听说他认识一些黑道的朋友。
• Greek religious thought held that after death the individual disappeared into an underworld where existence was without meaning.
  希腊宗教思想认为人死后会消失到一个阴间，在那里，存在没有意义。
• He rose, and ruled as god of the underworld.
  他活了过来并成为统治阴间的神。
• Fire also plays a part in the Egyptian concept of the underworld.
  火也在埃及人阴间观念里扮演了一个角色。
• Uh-oh, this looks like an underworld operation.
  哎呀，这地方看起来像黑道经营的场所。
• Two milleniums ago, there was a war between the human world and the other, the Underworld.
  两千年以前，在人类世界与堕落的世界（魔界）间爆发了一场战争。
• Returning from the Underworld, Snow White is befriended by woodland animals and cute creatures of the forest.
  刚刚逃离地狱之门的白雪公主与草地上的动物们还有可爱的森林生物交起了朋友。
• Trish: 20 years ago, Mundus, the emperor of the Underworld resurrected.
  崔西：20年前，魔帝穆图斯复活了。
• Save the world from the hordes of the underworld!
  从来至地狱的游牧部落手中拯救世界！