below
1
He appeared from the apartment directly below Leonard's.
他从伦纳德家正下方的公寓里走了出来。
2
They have designed a system which pumps up water from 70m belowground.
他们设计了一套从地下70米处抽水的系统。
3
Please write to me at the address below.
请按照下面的地址给我写信。
4
Such people often experience less stress than those in the ranks immediately below them.
这些人承受的压力往往小于那些职位仅次于他们的人。
5
The path runs below a long brick wall.
小道位于长砖墙脚下。
below与under
两者都可
表示
“低于”
under
主要表示
垂直在下的正下方
而
below
则
不一定表示正下方
即可以是正下方或非正下方
Look in the cupboard below[under]the sink.
到洗碗池下面的柜子里找一找。
The climbers stopped 300 meters below the top of the mountain.
登山队员们在离山顶300米处停了下来。
换句话说
表示正下方
两者都可用
不表示正下方
则通常用
below
两者均可
表示数量方面的
“少于”
但在现代英语中
以用
under
为多见
He can't be much below[under]sixty.
他的年龄不可能比60岁小很多。
There were under forty people at the meeting.
参加会议的人不足40人。
It took us under an hour.
我们用了不到1个小时。
注：
在现代英语中
below
表示
“少于”
主要用于
表示温度、高度以及有纵向标准可比的情况
This place is below sea level.
此地在海平面以下。
The temperature is two degrees below zero.
温度是零下2度。
若表示一物被另一物所覆盖
则通常用
under
She crept in beside him under the bedclothes.
她钻进被窝躺在他身旁。
表示职位、级别等关系时
用
under
表直接关系
用
below
表非直接关系
比较：
Mr A is under Mr B.
A先生是B先生的部下。
Mr A is below Mr B.
A先生比B先生职位低。
under
1
They found a labyrinth of tunnels under the ground.
他们发现了一处迷宫似的地道。
2
They said he'd been held under the water and drowned.
他们说他被按到水里淹死了。
3
He went under a brick arch.
他穿过一个砖砌的拱门。
4
I was wearing two sweaters under the green army jacket.
我在绿军装里套了两件毛线衫。
5
There would be no new taxes under his leadership.
在他主政期间不会增加新税种。
6
Kiefer was just one of the artists who had studied under Beuys in the early Sixties.
基弗只是60年代早期师从博伊斯的艺术家之一。
7
Were any of your books published under the name Amanda Fairchild?
你们所出版的书里有署名为阿曼达·费尔柴尔德的吗？
8
This study is described under'General Diseases of the Eye'
“普通眼科疾病”这一部分里对该项研究作了描述。
9
Under a wide shelf that holds coffee jars stands a pile of magazines.
放咖啡罐的一个宽架子下方有一摞杂志。
10
She buried her head under the covers,pretending to be asleep.
她把头埋到被子底下，假装睡着了。
11
A path runs under the trees.
树下有一条小径。
12
Goldfish were swimming lazily in a group just under the surface.
金鱼聚在一起贴着水面懒洋洋地游着。
13
A river boat passed under the bridge.
一条内河船从桥下经过。
14
He had no shirt on under his thin jumper.
他在薄套头衫里面没有穿衬衣。
15
Firemen said they had the blaze under control.
消防队员说他们已经控制住了火势。
16
The cause of the crash was under investigation.
事故原因正在调查中。
17
He was rushed to court yesterday under armed guard.
昨天他被急匆匆地武装押解到了法庭。
18
Under normal conditions,only about 20 to 40 per cent of vitamin E is absorbed.
正常情况下，仅有20%到40%的维生素E会被吸收。
19
Most doctors and nurses live under stressful conditions.
大多数医生和护士都承受着很大的压力。
20
Under the Constitution,you cannot be tried twice for the same crime.
依据《宪法》规定，不能一罪两判。
21
General Lewis Hyde had served under General'Billy'Mitchell.
刘易斯·海德将军曾是“比利”·米切尔将军的部下。
22
I am the new manager and you will be working under me.
我是新任的经理，你们将在我手下工作。
23
Where would it be?'
—'Filed under C,second drawer down.'
“它会在哪儿？”
——“归放在C字母下，往下数第二个抽屉。”
24
His relationship with the KGB came under scrutiny.
他与克格勃的关系受到了审查。
25
A gas main had cracked under my neighbour's garage and gas had seeped into our homes.
邻居车库下面的煤气总管裂开了，煤气渗入了我们家。
26
This is a reversion to the system under which the Royals were paid for nearly 300 years.
又恢复了旧时的体制，王室就是在这种制度下接受了近300年的俸禄。
27
Their economy crumbled under the weight of United Nations sanctions.
在联合国制裁的重压之下，他们的经济崩溃了。
28
The salvage of the ship and cargo was under way.
打捞沉船和货物的工作正在进行之中。
