beneath是什么意思

beneath

英 [b?'ni?θ] 美 [b?'niθ]

beneath 在下面

前綴be-, 強調。neath, 下面，同nether, 下面的。

beneath: beneath: [OE] Beneath is a compound adverb and preposition, formed in Old English from bi ‘by’ and nithan or neothan ‘below’. This came originally from Germanic *nith- (also the source of nether [OE]), a derivative of the base *ni- ‘down’.
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beneath (adv., adj.): Old English beneoean "beneath, under, below," from be- "by" + neoean "below," originally "from below," from Proto-Germanic *nitar "lower, farther down, down" (see nether). Meaning "unworthy of" is attested from 1849 (purists prefer below in this sense). "The be- gave or emphasized the notion of 'where,' excluding that of 'whence' pertaining to the simple niean" [OED].

1. The doctor worked busily beneath the blinding lights of the delivery room.: 這位醫生在產房刺目的燈光下忙碌著。

2. Patterson pointed toward a plain cardboard box beneath a long wooden table.: 帕特森指著長木桌下的一個普通的紙板箱。

3. Somewhere deep beneath the surface lay a caring character.: 在內心深處的某個角落里埋藏著一顆愛心。

4. Beneath the conscious mind there are many levels of the unconscious.: 在意識心理之下存在很多層次的無意識。

5. The flagstones beneath their feet were worn smooth by centuries of use.: 他們腳下的石板路經過數百年的踩踏，磨得光溜溜的。