underground

noun

1. an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)

e.g. in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'

Synonym: metrotubesubway systemsubway

2. a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force

Synonym: resistance

adj

1. conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

e.g. clandestine intelligence operations
cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines
hole-and-corner intrigue
secret missions
a secret agent
secret sales of arms
surreptitious mobilization of troops
an undercover investigation
underground resistance

Synonym: clandestinecloak-and-daggerhole-and-corner(a)hugger-muggerhush-hushsecretsurreptitiousundercover

2. under the level of the ground

e.g. belowground storage areas
underground caverns

Synonym: belowground

adv

1. beneath the surface of the earth

e.g. water flowing underground

2. in or into hiding or secret operation

e.g. the organization was driven underground

1. 地下；地面下
Something that is underground is below the surface of the ground.

e.g. Solid low-level waste will be disposed of deep underground...
放射性水平低的固体废料将做地下深埋处理。
e.g. The plane hit so hard that one engine was buried 16 feet underground.
飞机猛烈撞击地面，致使一个引擎陷到了地下16英尺处。

2. 地铁
The underground in a city is the railway system in which electric trains travel below the ground in tunnels.

e.g. ...a woman alone in the underground waiting for a train...
独自在地铁里等车的女子
e.g. He crossed London by underground...
他乘地铁穿过伦敦。

3. （反抗敌人或暴政的）地下组织，秘密组织
In a country which is controlled by an enemy or has a harsh government, the underground is an organized group of people who are involved in illegal activities against the people in power.

e.g. These US dollars were smuggled into the country during the war, to aid the underground.
战争期间，这些美元被偷运到该国，用以资助那里的地下组织。

4. 地下的；秘密的；非法的
Underground groups and activities are secret because their purpose is to oppose the government and they are illegal.

e.g. ...the underground Kashmir Liberation Front...
秘密的克什米尔解放阵线
e.g. They are accused of organising and financing an underground youth movement.
他们被指控组织并资助地下青年运动。

5. 秘密地；隐蔽地；暗中
If you go underground, you hide from the authorities or the police because your political ideas or activities are illegal.

underground的意思

e.g. After the violent clashes of 1981 they either went underground or left the country.
经历了1981年的激烈冲突之后，他们或转入地下，或离开了该国。
e.g. ...opposition leaders, who are working underground because of the threat of arrest.
面临被捕危险不得不秘密开展工作的反对派领导人

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1. 地铁：第一站抵达伦敦,笔者以较经济方式游玩,全程乘搭地下铁路作为主要交通工具,从希思路机场乘地铁(underground)往酒店,由路面落到月台竟变成一项体能测验,提著重重的行李要上落不知多少段楼梯,而电动扶手梯则欠奉,

2. 没有天空的都市：评委会主席是来自塞尔维亚的著名导演埃米尔-库斯图里察(EmirKusturica),他曾以1985年的<>和1995年<>(Underground)两夺金棕榈奖,并以<>获得了1989年的导演奖.