afoot

单词afoot

基本解释

adv.: 步行；活动中
adj.: 计划中；进行中
网络: 徒步；在准备中；在进行中

权威解释

• 计划中；进行中:

  being planned; happening

英汉解释

• 酝酿着

• 着手进行

• 进行中,活动中

• 在准备中

• 徒步,步行

• 进行中的

• 酝酿中的

• 〔多作表语〕

• 准备中的

同义词

adj.happeningoccurringupin the worksstirring

例句

• It was then that she realised that something sinister was afoot as she could not access her account because her password had been changed.

  因为密码已经被改动，无法进入自己的帐户，她才意识到有人对自己的手机做了手脚。

• The possibility that more than one assailant might have been involved and that a conspiracy might be afoot fueled unease.

  参与行凶的可能不止一人，而且阴谋是提前计划好的，这些推测都加深了民众的恐慌情绪。

• Either he was not ready to reveal what was afoot, or he did not know.

  他要么没准备好公开现状，要么对其全不知情。

• But regardless of what actually is afoot, from a number of angles, HSBC would be better off moving back to its historical roots in Asia.

  但不管其实际打算是什么，从多个角度来看，汇丰搬回它在亚洲的原来的根据地将使其获益匪浅。

• The plane gave no warning either over the radio to air-traffic controllers or to its passengers that trouble was afoot.

  飞机降落之前机组人员并没有通过无线电通知交通管理中心和乘客，提醒人们危险迫在眉睫。

• 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。

• Mr Campanale says current moves in Asia do not add up to a managed fund explosion, but something is afoot.

  Campanale表示，眼下亚洲的这些举措还不至于导致管理基金的爆炸式增长，但一些事情已在酝酿之中。

• He was lightly afoot again, turned and waved his cap in a bravado, and was out of sight next moment in the margin of the wood.

  接着他又轻巧地站了起来，转过身子，示威似的挥着帽子，一下子就在森林的边缘上消失了。

• Instead, he was shooed away by the implacable clone troopers, who told him a Jedi rebellion was afoot.

  但那些态度不友好的克隆人士兵告诉他绝地正在进行叛乱，然后赶他离开。

• Methinks it were but poor courtesy, and cold regard to Holy Church to leave him afoot here in the forest.

  要是我们把他留在森林里，又无马可骑，那将是对神圣教会不礼貌的冷漠表现。