below

英 [b?'l??] 美[b?'lo]

反義詞

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below 在下面

be-,表強(qiáng)調(diào)，low,下面的。

below: below: [14] Below is a lexicalization of the phrase by low, replacing an earlier on low, the opposite of on high. It was perhaps modelled on beneath.
=> low
below (adv.): early 14c., biloogh, from be- "by, about" + logh, lou, lowe "low" (see low (adj.)). Apparently a variant of earlier a-lowe (influenced by other adverbs in be-; see before), the parallel form to an-high (now on high). Beneath was the usual word; below was very rare in Middle English and gained currency only in 16c. It is frequent in Shakespeare. As a preposition from 1570s. According to Fowler, below is the opposite of above and concerns difference of level and suggests comparison of independent things. Under is the opposite of over and is concerned with superposition and subjection and suggests some interrelation.

1. Last year, economic growth tailed off to below four percent.: 去年，經(jīng)濟(jì)增長(zhǎng)率下降到4%以下。

2. There were three moderate climbs to just below the 450 feet contour.: 剛好在450英尺的等高線之下有3個(gè)緩坡。

3. Do you think it's a bit below the belt what they're doing?: 你覺(jué)得他們的做法是不是有點(diǎn)兒不太光明正大？

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