underhanded

FREQ #32418

a. 人手不足的, 秘密的, 卑劣的

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词形变化

the underhanded 复数 only 复数 more underhanded 比较级 most underhanded 最高级

别名

under-handed

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Devious people, collectively.

    仅复数
v.
  1. 1.

    simple past and past participle of underhand

adj.
  1. 1.

    Done by moving the hand (and arm) from below.

  2. 2.

    Sly, dishonest, corrupt, cheating.

    His underhanded trick backfired and he was disqualified.

  3. 3.

    Insincere; sarcastic.

    An underhanded compliment is actually criticism.

  4. 4.

    Secret; surreptitious.

  5. 5.

    Understaffed.

adv.
  1. 1.

    In an underhanded manner.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 3

sneaky underhand underarm

近义相关 2

corrupt crooked

词源

From under- + handed.

来源：wiktionary