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副词读作 ˌʌndəˈgraʊnd 。名词和形容词读作ˈʌndəˌgraʊnd。

• 1. 

  ADV Something that is underground is below the surface of the ground. 在地下 [ADV after v]

  例：

  Solid low-level waste will be disposed of deep underground.

  低放射性固体废物将被弃置在地下深处。

• 2. 

  ADJ Underground is also an adjective. 地下的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  ...an underground parking garage for 2,100 vehicles.

  …一座能停放2100辆车的地下停车库。

• 3. 

  N-SING The underground in a city is the railway system in which electric trains travel below the ground in tunnels. 地铁 [英国英语] ['the' N, also 'by' N]

  例：

  I don't travel on the underground late at night.

  我深夜不坐地铁。

• 4. 

  ADJ Underground groups and activities are secret because their purpose is to oppose the government and they are illegal. 秘密的; 地下的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  ...the underground Kashmir Liberation Front.

  秘密的克什米尔解放阵线。

• 5. 

  ADV If you go underground, you hide from the authorities or the police because your political ideas or activities are illegal. 秘密地; 在地下 [ADV after v]

  例：

  After the violent clashes of 1981 they either went underground or left the country.

  1981年的暴力冲突之后，他们要么转入地下了，要么离开了这个国家。