| 词汇 | underbelly |
| 释义 | underbelly noun[ S ] literaryuk /ˈʌn.dəˌbel.i/ us /ˈʌn.dɚˌbel.i/ the weakest or most unpleasant part of something: 最薄弱部分，软肋 a film exposing the sordid underbelly of modern urban society一部揭露现代都市丑恶的阴暗面的电影 Small businesses are the soft underbelly (= weakest parts) of the economy, and they need as much government support as possible.小企业是经济中最薄弱的环节，它们需要政府尽可能多的支持。 Weakness and vulnerability Achilles heel asthenia at a low ebbidiom atonic atony fragile fragility frail glass jaw helpless shakily shakiness shaky sitting duck sitting target weakling weakly weakness weedy wetly Examples of underbellyunderbelly This rich underbelly of musical creation and information needs to be part of film music inquiry. By so doing we attempt to keep the farcical underbelly of our lives at bay. The grammar of a language has its crust as well as underbelly hence the need to turn it upside down from time to time! As the underbelly of things, materials may lie low but are never entirely subdued. The soft underbelly of an international civil society lacks a hard shell of sovereignty. It is surely precisely opera's remoteness from the complex underbelly of today's society that makes it so hard for it to treat the subject. It is here that the physic ian takes full glance at the vulnerable underbelly of our humanity, the wonderful yet transient stint we have in the human spotlight. First, there was the instruction that, in the interests of hygiene, all hairy cattle should have their underbellies shaved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 First, their injuries do not tend to be in the neck area—they tend to be in the hind legs or the underbelly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The commanding heights of the economy have become its soft underbelly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That area is the soft underbelly of our air defences. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The massive expenditure on roads has been in the soft underbelly of the south-east. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is always a pleasure to encounter the soft red underbelly of the socialist party from time to time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was a newspaper on what we shall call the underbelly of the tabloid pile. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are still the soft underbelly of the world in this matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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