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

• A shot made with an underhand scooping motion.
  使用捞球动作的低手投篮动作。
• You cannot afford to use underhand business methods.
  你不能用幕后的商业手段。
• 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 wondered which underhand dodges she would attempt this time.
  我想知道她这一次将采用什么阴谋诡计。
• General-ly speaking, the curve can be divided as: hook, small curve and big curve. There are three basic kinds of the underhand serve, the overhand serve, and the hook serve or roundhouse serve.
  一般来说，曲球从球的运行路线上又可分为：勾手、小曲球和大曲球。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（臂）钩手发球。
• 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。
• Ball may be served underhand or overhand.
  发球有上手发球和下手发球两种。
• 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。
• For beginners, I recommend the underhand serve. For experienced players I recommend the overhand floater serve. The pitcher let go a fast ball and the batter swung and missed.
  对初学者来说，我建议发下手球，对有一定训练经验的我建议发上手飘球。投球手投出一个快球，击球手晃了一下，没有接到。
• A person who is aboveboard does nothing underhand.
  明人不做暗事。