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

• Asecret or underhand scheme; a plot.
  阴谋，密谋秘密的或不光彩的计划；
• Achieved success in business only by underhand methods.
  通过卑鄙的手段达到商业上的成功。
• He's gentleman and would never say anything underhand about me.
  他是一个君子，他不会暗中诋毁我。
• 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。
• A secret or underhand means of access ( to a place or a position).
  秘密地私下地进入（一个地方或地点）。
• A shot made with an underhand scooping motion.
  使用捞球动作的低手投篮动作。
• It is obscure because it is underhand.
  它不公开，因为它是在地下进行的。
• There are three basic kinds of service: the underhand serve, the overhand serve, and the hook serve or roundhouse serve.
  有三种基本的发球方法：下手发球，上手发球和钩手发球或大力钩手发球。
• Fire Prevention Technology for High-Gas-Easy-Spontaneous Combustion Super Large Underhand Working Face
  高瓦斯易自燃超大俯采工作面的防灭火技术研究