underhand

英 [ˌʌndəˈhænd]

美 [ˌʌndərˈhænd]

adj.  秘密的; 阴险的; 狡诈的; 卑鄙的

TEM8法律

BNC.23652 / COCA.34295

牛津词典

adj.

• 秘密的；阴险的；狡诈的；卑鄙的
  secret and dishonest
  1. I would never have expected her to behave in such an underhand way.
     我从未想到她的行为竟如此阴险。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 秘密的；狡诈的；欺诈的
  If an action isunderhandor if it is done in anunderhandway, it is done secretly and dishonestly.
  1. ...underhand financial deals.
     秘密的金融交易
  2. ...a list of the underhanded ways in which their influence operates in the United States...
     他们在美国施展影响的一系列阴险手段
  3. Mr Livingstone accused the government of being underhand.
     利文斯通先生指责政府搞欺诈。
• ADJ （投球等）低手的，手不过肩的
  You useunderhandorunderhandedto describe actions, such as throwing a ball, in which you do not raise your arm above your shoulder.
  1. ...an underhanded pitch.
     低手投球
  2. Underhandis also an adverb.
     
  3. In softball, pitches are tossed underhand.
     垒球运动中采用低手投球。

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 underarm

双语例句

• For beginners, I recommend the underhand serve. For experienced players I recommend the overhand floater serve. The pitcher let go a fast ball and the batter swung and missed.
  对初学者来说，我建议发下手球，对有一定训练经验的我建议发上手飘球。投球手投出一个快球，击球手晃了一下，没有接到。
• Form intrigues ( for) in an underhand manner.
  以秘密的方式形成一个阴谋。
• I would never have expected her to behave in such an underhand way.
  我从未想到她的行为竞如此阴险。
• You face underhand manoeuvres often, enough you sense when somebody isn't being entirely forthright about their intentions.
  面对来意不明的对手的时候你总是趋于防守止步不前。
• What really angered her was the dirty underhand way they had tricked her.
  真正使她愤怒的是他们欺骗她的卑鄙可耻手段。
• "oh, it's nothing underhand." he assured me.
  “噢，决不是什么鬼鬼祟祟的事情。”他向我保证。
• The stability of the underhand drift cemented filling body is analyzed by using stress arch theory and beam theory, and a simple judgment formula of the stability is obtained.
  将压力拱理论与简支梁理论相结合分析了下向进路胶结充填体的稳定性，给出了充填体稳定性的简易判定公式；
• He had suspected his agent of some underhand dealing; of meaning to bias him against the deserving; and he had determined to go himself, and thoroughly investigate the merits of the case.
  他怀疑他的代理人在耍弄诡秘伎俩，企图使他对好好干的人产生偏见，因此他决定亲自跑一趟，彻底调查一下这里面的是非曲直。
• He got the money in a very underhand manner.
  他用极为狡诈的手段弄到了这笔钱。
• Mr Livingstone accused the government of being underhand.
  利文斯通先生指责政府搞欺诈。