一、详细释义:
adv.
在下面,在较低处;到下面
例句:
He leant over the rail, and called down to the people on the deck below.
他倚着栏杆向下面甲板上的人喊话。
例句:
On the platform below, some travellers are trapped.
在下面的平台上有些被困住了的游客。
以下,在下文中
例句:
In figures quoted below, we could see a surge in China's Gross Domestic Product over these 30 years.
在以下的数据中,我们能够看出在这30年中,中国的全国生产总值大幅度提高。
例句:
Below is the picture showing the exact scene.
以下是一幅完全展现了当时情景的图片。
零下
例句:
The temperature in Buffalo was ten below this morning.
水牛镇今早的温度降到了零下十度。
例句:
In winter, the temperature could get as low as 40° below.
冬天,温度能够降到零下四十度。
prep.
在…下面
例句:
Below us, thousands of fur seals flop around in a frenzy.
在我们的脚下,数以千计的海豹在下面翻腾。
例句:
If you write below the line then you make the ticket void.
如果你写在线下面,这张票就无效。
例句:
Please look at the information below.
请看看下面的信息。
例句:
We looked down from the mountain to the valley below.
我们从山上俯瞰下面的山谷。
例句:
We looked down from the mountain to the valley [below].
我们从山上俯瞰下面的山谷。
低于,不及
例句:
I was below him, that's why I have to act according to his instruction.
我在他职位之下,这就是为什么我得听从他的指示执行任务的原因。
例句:
He couldn't join the police because he was below the minimum height allowed by the rule.
他未能当警察,因为他身高未达到最低规定要求。
二、词义辨析:
below,beneath,under,underneath
这些前置词均可表示位置“在……下面”之意。 below指位置低于某物或在某物下方,但不一定在正下方,所指范围较宽。 beneath书面用词,指紧挨……之下,其反义词是on。 under普通用词,与over相对,指在某物的正下方,含垂直在下的意思。 underneath书面口语均用,也常与beneath和under换用,但更含遮蔽的意味。
三、相关短语:
below the belt
a. 1.不公正,不正当
四、参考例句:
The mercury dived to ten below zero.
温度突然下降到零下10度。
The track curved away below him.
他脚下的小径蜿蜒地伸向远方。
His family lives below the poverty line.
他的一家生活极端艰苦。
It was well below freezing last night.
The police force is 500 below strength.
警察的人数尚需五百。
It was five below zero last night.
昨夜温度是零下五度。
The sun sank below the horizon.
太阳落下了地平线。
The fuel gauge reads below zero.
燃油表显示油量在零以下。
The sun dipped below the horizon.
太阳沉到地平线以下。
That yacht is below the bridge.
那艘游艇在桥下面。