1 PREP （位置）在…下面，低于 If something is below something else, it is in a lower position. （位置）在…下面，低于
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He appeared from the apartment directly below Leonard's.
他从伦纳德家正下方的公寓里走了出来。
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The path runs below a long brick wall.
小道位于长砖墙脚下。
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The sun had already sunk below the horizon.
太阳已经落到了地平线以下。
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The boat dipped below the surface of the water.
这条船沉入水下。
SYN under, beneath, underneath, lower than
Below is also an adverb.
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We climbed rather perilously down a rope-ladder to the boat below.
我们冒着相当大的危险沿着绳梯爬到了下面的船上。
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...a view to the street below.
可以看到下面的街道
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Spread out below was a great crowd.
下面是摩肩接踵的人群。
2 PHRASE 在地下；在地表以下 If something is below ground or below the ground, it is in the ground. 在地下；在地表以下
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They have designed a system which pumps up water from 70m below ground.
他们设计了一套从地下70米处抽水的系统。
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Coils buried in tunnels below the ground might soon be used to store large amounts of electricity.
埋在地下隧道里的线圈可能很快就会被用来储存大量的电。
3 ADV [n ADVERB, ADVERB after verb] 以下；在下文中 You use below in a piece of writing to refer to something that is mentioned later. 以下；在下文中
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Please write to me at the address below.
请按照下面的地址给我写信。
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The BBC Good Food Show is giving away free tickets in a competition. For details, see below.
英国广播公司“美食秀”正在派送比赛免费券，详情见下文。
SYN beneath, following, at the end, underneath
4 PREP （数量、比率或水平）低于，小于，少于 If something is below a particular amount, rate, or level, it is less than that amount, rate, or level. （数量、比率或水平）低于，小于，少于
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Night temperatures can drop below 15 degrees Celsius.
夜间气温会降到15摄氏度以下。
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British Telecom agreed to keep overall price increases to 7.5 per cent below inflation.
英国电信同意将整体价格增幅控制在低于通货膨胀7.5%的水平。
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Rainfall has been below average.
降雨量低于平均水平。
SYN less than, under, lower than, smaller than
5 PREP （职位、官衔等）低于 If someone is below you in an organization, they are lower in rank. （职位、官衔等）低于
SYN subordinate to, under, subject to, inferior to
| Word Partnership | Use below with: |
| ADV. | directly below, far/significantly/substantially/well below, just/slightly below 1 |
| N. | below the surface 1 below ground 2 below the belt/waist, below cost, below freezing, below the poverty level/line, below zero 4 |
| VERB. | dip/drop/fall below 1 4 described below, listed below, see below 3 |
| ADJ. | below average, below normal 4 |
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