undercurrent

英 [ˈʌndəkʌrənt]

美 [ˈʌndərkɜːrənt]

n.  潜在的情绪(尤指负面的)

复数：undercurrents　

Collins.1 / BNC.18624 / COCA.16210

牛津词典

noun

• 潜在的情绪（尤指负面的）
  a feeling, especially a negative one, that is hidden but whose effects are felt
  1. I detect an undercurrent of resentment towards the new proposals.
     我察觉到对新提案有一股潜在的不满情绪。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (情感的)潜流，暗流
  If there is anundercurrent ofa feeling, you are hardly aware of the feeling, but it influences the way you think or behave.
  1. ...a deep undercurrent of racism in British society.
     英国社会中强劲的种族主义暗流
• N-COUNT (水流的)潜流；暗流
  Anundercurrentis a strong current of water that is moving below the surface current and in a different direction to it.
  1. Colin tried to swim after him but the strong undercurrent swept them apart.
     科林想跟在他后面游，但强大的暗流把他们分开了。

英英释义

noun

• a subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance
  Synonym:undertone
• a current below the surface of a fluid
  Synonym:undertide

双语例句

• Yet there has always been a churlish undercurrent of criticism beneath the adulation.
  然而，奉承之下总是潜藏着难以应付的批评。
• Variations of equatorial undercurrent and its relationship with ENSO cycle
  赤道潜流变化及其与ENSO的关系
• An undercurrent of trauma runs through ordinary life, shot through as it is with the poignancy of impermanence.
  心理创伤的暗流不停在日常生活中涌动，于无常的人生里，伴随各种辛酸经历将我们击垮。
• Those turbulent undercurrent of the soul is the sensitive, talented, tragic and heroic idealism drifting manner.
  那些汹涌的灵魂暗流是敏锐、才华、悲壮漂泊的理想主义，生生不息。
• There was an undercurrent of antipathy between them.
  他们两人之间潜伏着一股反感的暗流。
• The stately gloom of official mourning was relieved by an undercurrent of suspense.
  正式葬礼的悲哀由于一种潜在的不安所减轻了。
• There was an undercurrent of feeling among family members which tended to pull them apart.
  在家庭成员之间有一股暗流，试图分裂家庭成员的关系。
• But an undercurrent of gloom ran through the whole day.
  但是这一天全家人心中笼罩着一片阴影。
• Given the prevailing educational undercurrent, it's no surprise that many kids'second brush with organized athletics takes place in a school.
  考虑到体育运动普遍而潜在的教育作用，很多孩子第二次接触有组织的体育活动发生在学校也就不奇怪了。
• There is a certain undercurrent of disharmony between them.
  他们之间存在着一股不和谐的暗流。