afoot是什么意思？

afoot

英[əˈfʊt] 美[əˈfʊt]

• adj.& adv. 徒步的（地），正在进行的（地），活动着的（地），不对劲的（地）；

例句

• He traveled afoot. 他徒步旅行。
• Plans are afoot to stage a new opera. 上演一部新歌剧的计划正在酝酿之中。
• Moves are afoot to increase car insurance premiums. 现正在酝酿提高汽车的保险费。
• There is a scheme afoot to improve recreational facilities in the area. 有一项改善本地区娱乐设施的计划正在进行。
• A plan was afoot to seize power. 夺权的计划在进行中。
• set afoot 着手, 使...开始执行
• get afoot 开始, 实施
• be well afoot 在顺利进行中
• be early afoot 早在进行
• There’s something afoot here, but I don’t know what it is. 这里有什么东西不对劲，但我不知道到底是什么。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ
  进行中的；正在发生的；酝酿中的
  If you say that a plan or scheme is afoot, it is already happening or being planned, but you do not know much about it.
  例句
  Everybody knew that something awful was afoot. 大家都知道可怕的事近在眼前。

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  不对劲的(地)
  There’s something afoot here, but I don’t know what it is. 这里有什么东西不对劲，但我不知道到底是什么。
  正在进行的(地)
  be early afoot 早在进行 be well afoot 在顺利进行中 get afoot 开始, 实施 set afoot 着手, 使...开始执行 A plan was afoot to seize power. 夺权的计划在进行中。 There is a scheme afoot to improve recreational facilities in the area. 有一项改善本地区娱乐设施的计划正在进行。 Moves are afoot to increase car insurance premiums. 现正在酝酿提高汽车的保险费。 Plans are afoot to stage a new opera. 上演一部新歌剧的计划正在酝酿之中。
  徒步的(地)，步行的(地)
  He traveled afoot. 他徒步旅行。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. traveling by foot;
  "she was afoot when I saw her this morning"
  2. currently in progress;
  "there is mischief afoot""plans are afoot""preparations for the trial are underway"
• Adverb
  1. on foot; walking;
  "they went to the village afoot""quail are hunted either afoot or on horseback"