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underhand

英 ['ʌndəhænd] 美 [,ʌndɚ'hænd]

解释

adj. （球赛时投球）下投的；阴险的
adv. 欺诈地；以下手投

※ 提供单词"underhand"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

英文词源

underhand (adv.): mid-14c., "by secret means, stealthily, in a surreptitious manner," from under + hand (n.). Perhaps the notion is of the hand turned over (thus concealing what it holds). Compare Middle Dutch onderhanden "by degrees, slowly," Dutch onderhandsch "secret, private." The adjective is attested from 1540s. Old English under hand meant "in subjection, in (one's) control or power."

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例句和用法

1. It is a sneaky and underhand way of doing business.: 这种做生意的方式偷偷摸摸，遮遮掩掩。

2. In softball, pitches are tossed underhand.: 垒球运动中采用低手投球。

3. Mr Livingstone accused the government of being underhand.: 利文斯通先生指责政府搞欺诈。

4. I would never have expected her to behave in such an underhand way.: 我从未想到她的行为竟如此阴险。

5. Underhand work of that sort is against the grain with me.: 这种欺诈的勾当跟我格格不入.