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

• Underhand work of that sort goes against my grain.
  这种欺诈勾当跟我格格不入。
• Maybe I can understand why you acted underhand.
  也许我能理解，你为何如此躲躲藏藏。
• 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。
• It is obscure because it is underhand.
  它不公开，因为它是在地下进行的。
• A person who is aboveboard does nothing underhand.
  明人不做暗事。
• 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；
• I don't believe in getting what by underhand method.
  我认为以不光明的手法获取想要得到的东西是不应该的。
• 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。
• Asecret or underhand scheme; a plot.
  阴谋，密谋秘密的或不光彩的计划；
• 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。