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

• When somebody confides in you, his words are spoken out of his mouth just like a clear, sweet and flowing river, whereas beneath the riverbed lurks a dirty undercurrent.
  有的人，在面对你倾诉深情的时候，语言的表述像一条流淌的清亮甜美的大河，而在河床底下，却潜藏着一股污浊的暗流。
• We can use these teachings as an undercurrent that drives the project.
  我们可以用这些要点作为隐性的指南来驱动项目。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• His writing lacks this undercurrent of protest and satire.
  他的创作缺乏抗议和讽刺的潜在力量。
• However, on reflection, I am also starting to see a potentially darker undercurrent to these boarding announcements.
  然而，经过一番思考后，我却也开始看到了这些登机通告背后隐藏着的一股暗流。
• There was an undercurrent of antipathy between them.
  他们两人之间潜伏着一股反感的暗流。
• Therefrom, under the peaceful outside of the frames appear springing up as undercurrent and full of tension.
  画面平和的外表下由此而显得暗潮涌动、富有张力。
• There is a certain undercurrent of disharmony between them.
  他们之间存在着一股不和谐的暗流。