afoot

afoot怎么读

英式音标：[əˈfʊt]

美式音标：[əˈfʊt]

afoot基本解释

adj. 在进行中的；徒步的；准备中

adv. 在进行中，在准备中

afoot的意思释义

adj.& adv.

徒步的（地）；正在进行的（地）；活动着的（地）；不对劲的（地）

英英释义

adj.

traveling by foot

\"she was afoot when I saw her this morning\"

currently in progress

\"there is mischief afoot\"; \"plans are afoot\"

同义词：underway

adv.on foot; walking

\"they went to the village afoot\"; \"quail are hunted either afoot or on horseback\"

afoot用法及例句

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

Maybe something deeper is now afoot too.

也许还有其他事情也正在酝酿之中。

There are plans afoot to build a new library.

关于建设一座新的图书馆的计划，正在准备中。

Preparition for dinner is getting afoot in the kitchen.

厨房正在准备晚餐。

The work is well afoot.

工作在顺利进行中。

If there is any mischief afoot, he is sure to be in at it.

要有什么调皮捣蛋的事，肯定有他的份。

用作副词(adv.)

He likes to travel afoot.

他喜欢徒步旅行。

例句参考

Reviewing changes afoot at TCB in 2003

Cities Afoot—Pedestrians, Walkability and Urban Design

There\'s something afoot in the evolution of ontogenies

The Change is Afoot: Emergentist Thinking in Language Acquisition

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry: changes afoot

Essays on science and society. Is a new eugenics afoot?

Responses of mule deer to disturbance by persons afoot and snowmobiles

Public apprehension of emerging infectious diseases: are changes afoot?

Artemisinin Combination Therapies and Malaria Parasite Drug Resistance: The Game Is Afoot

afoot词源

afoot (adj.)

c. 1200, afote, from a- \"on\" (see a- (1)) + foot (n.). Figurative sense of \"in active operation\" is from 1601 (\"Julius Caesar\").

afoot相关例句

1. Changes were afoot.

各种变革正在进行之中。

《牛津词典》

2. There are plans afoot to increase taxation.

正在拟订增税方案。

《牛津词典》

3. Everybody knew that something awful was afoot.

每个人都知道糟糕的事在酝酿之中。

4. As soon as he heard what was afoot, he telephoned his German and Italian counterparts to protest.

他一听到在进行中的事，马上就给德国和意大利相应人员打电话抗议。

5. Unless there\'s some cultural shift afoot, however, New York will continue to lag behind metropolises from Mexico City to Moscow.

然而，除非发生一些文化上的转变，否则纽约将继续落后于从墨西哥城到莫斯科的大都市。

6. Mr Legaspi points out that another change is quietly afoot.

黎牙实比先生指出，另一项变化正在悄然进行。

7. Yet two changes are now afoot.

然而，现在有两大改变即将来临。

8. Yet subtle changes are afoot.

然而微妙的变化在发生着。

9. So what is afoot in Swaziland?

那斯威士兰到底发生了什么？

10. Even so something is afoot.

即便如此，时*还是在缓缓的发生变化。

11. But bigger changes are also afoot.

不过，更大的变化也在酝酿之中。

12. But something deeper may be afoot, too.

不过，更深层的事态或许也在酝酿之中。

13. But something more sinister may be afoot.

但一些更不祥的事情可能有点不对劲了。

14. Something is afoot and none of it is good.

某些事情正在酝酿中，恐怕没啥好事。

15. So, in short, there seems to be a plan afoot.

因此，简单地说，这似乎有一个正在进行的计划。

16. The same process is afoot today in Afghanistan.

同样的过程今天正在阿富汗进行。

17. Several moves are afoot to mend the flaws in the UI system.

修补失业保险制度缺陷的几项举措正在进行中。

18. Now there is a movement afoot to change humanity\'s co-ordinates.

现在有一种正在发生变化改变着人类的角色定位。

19. But plans are afoot to extend the idea into a number of new areas.

但是将这一概念延伸入其他很多新领域的计划正在准备当中。

20. That \"something serious is afoot\" is a description, not an explanation.

“这个严重事件是多么不寻常”只是一个描述，并不是解释。

21. Soon, on the highest peak at 859m (2, 817ft), great changes were afoot.

不久，就在859米（2817英尺）的较高峰，出现了巨大的变化。

22. And legal moves are now afoot to broaden the rights of indigenous fishermen.

如今，新的法律行动正在进行，原住民捕鱼权可能将继续扩大。

23. If a media player tells you it needs to send SMS messages, something is afoot.

如果一款媒体播放器告诉你它需要发送短信息，这里面一定有什么阴谋。

24. To reduce reliance on Russia, plans are afoot to run a pipeline from Central Asia.

为了减少对俄罗斯的依赖，欧洲正计划建设通往中亚的天然气管道，即纳布科管道。

25. In another throwback, plans are afoot to create a \"bad bank\" for Dexia\'s worst assets.

在另一次倒退中，正在着手计划为德夏银行较糟的资产创造坏银行的形象。

26. There is a mystery afoot, and scientists at MIT and the Smithsonian are investigating.

麻省理工(MIT)和史密森协会的科学家都正在研究一个神秘谜团。

27. There are moves afoot to construct a memorial to the Unknown Sailor on Christmas Island.

为了纪念圣诞岛上的无名水兵，人们组织了各种活动。

28. When a man starts trying to shtup his way out of a midlife crisis, you know there\'s trouble afoot.

如果一个男人试图绕开而不是正面中年危机，那么他就有麻烦了。

29. When a man starts trying to shtup his way out of a midlife crisis, you know there\'s trouble afoot.

如果一个男人试图绕开而不是正面中年危机，那么他就有麻烦了。

30.A plan was afoot to seize power.

夺权的计划在进行中。

34.There is roguery afoot.

有人在搞鬼 [捣蛋] 。

35.I set a project afoot.

我开始执行计划。

-- 来源 -- 轻轻松松背单词-蒋刚

36.there is mischief afoot; plans are afoot; preparations for the trial are underway.

正在搞恶作剧；计划正在执行；对实验的准备正在进行。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

37.they went to the village afoot; quail are hunted either afoot or on horseback.

他们步行去了那个村庄；步行或骑马都可以捕捉到鹌鹑。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

38.Plans afoot to resign.

正在放弃的计划

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

39.To set a project afoot

着手计画

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例 - 习语