c. 1600, from under + belly (n.). In figurative sense of "most vulnerable part" it is recorded from Churchill's 1942 speech. Sometimes used erroneously or euphemistically in sense of "seamy or sordid part" of anything.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. The missiles emerge from the underbelly of the transport plane.
導(dǎo)彈從那架運(yùn)輸機(jī)的底部飛了出來(lái)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. The trade deficit remains the soft underbelly of the US economy.
貿(mào)易赤字仍是美國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)的軟肋。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. The ANC are attacking rugby because it is the soft underbelly of South African sport.
橄欖球運(yùn)動(dòng)在“非國(guó)大”受到抨擊,因?yàn)樗悄戏求w育的軟肋。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
4. Inadvertent disclosures by judges sometimes offer an extraordinary glimpse of the legal system's underbelly.
法官無(wú)意中透露的一些情況有時(shí)能見(jiàn)微知著地揭示出司法制度的薄弱之處。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
5. The stock - market crisis struck at the soft underbelly of the US economy, eg its trade deficit.