afoot

afoot

美 [??f?t] 　英 [?'f?t]

• adv.步行；活動中
• adj.計劃中；進行中
• 網絡徒步；在準備中；在進行中

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英漢雙解

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例句

It was then that she realised that something sinister was afoot as she could not access her account because her password had been changed.

因為密碼已經被改動，無法進入自己的帳戶，她才意識到有人對自己的手機做了手腳。

The possibility that more than one assailant might have been involved and that a conspiracy might be afoot fueled unease.

參與行兇的可能不止一人，而且陰謀是提前計劃好的，這些推測都加深了民眾的恐慌情緒。

Either he was not ready to reveal what was afoot, or he did not know.

他要么沒準備好公開現狀，要么對其全不知情。

But regardless of what actually is afoot, from a number of angles, HSBC would be better off moving back to its historical roots in Asia.

但不管其實際打算是什么，從多個角度來看，匯豐搬回它在亞洲的原來的根據地將使其獲益匪淺。

The plane gave no warning either over the radio to air-traffic controllers or to its passengers that trouble was afoot.

飛機降落之前機組人員并沒有通過無線電通知交通管理中心和乘客，提醒人們危險迫在眉睫。

When a man starts trying to shtup his way out of a midlife crisis, you know there's trouble afoot.

如果一個男人試圖繞開而不是正面中年危機，那么他就有麻煩了。

Mr Campanale says current moves in Asia do not add up to a managed fund explosion, but something is afoot.

Campanale表示，眼下亞洲的這些舉措還不至于導致管理基金的爆炸式增長，但一些事情已在醞釀之中。

He was lightly afoot again, turned and waved his cap in a bravado, and was out of sight next moment in the margin of the wood.

接著他又輕巧地站了起來，轉過身子，示威似的揮著帽子，一下子就在森林的邊緣上消失了。

Instead, he was shooed away by the implacable clone troopers, who told him a Jedi rebellion was afoot.

但那些態度不友好的克隆人士兵告訴他絕地正在進行叛亂，然后趕他離開。

Methinks it were but poor courtesy, and cold regard to Holy Church to leave him afoot here in the forest.

要是我們把他留在森林里，又無馬可騎，那將是對神圣教會不禮貌的冷漠表現。

A new power was afoot, that of the street, constituting a further threat to the dictatorship of the masters of couture s.

一個新的權力也在悄然進行，該街道，構成進一步威脅的庫蒂爾的主人專政。

You know that something is afoot when an unknown group on an unknown label suddenly start making noises on the Billboard Gospel charts.

你知道什么是在進行中時，標簽上的一個未知的未知組突然開始做了Billboard排行榜福音的聲音。

If there's any mischief afoot, George is sure to be in at it.

哪里在搞惡作劇，哪里就必然少不了喬治。

So , today I'm back just to show you a few things , to show you, in fact, that there is an open data movement afoot, now, around the world .

所以，今天我回來向你們展示幾個事例，事實上，現在在世界各地，公開數據資料的運動正在興起。

It became clear to me early on that there was an orthodoxy afoot here.

在很早的時候我就認識到這里有一種文學正統。

One of the strangest miscalculations afoot in the land is a bias against career changers.

最奇怪的事情之一就是許多人對于轉行的人有偏見。

If there any mischief afoot , he is sure to be in at it.

要是有什么地方有調皮搗蛋的事，肯定有他的份。

Moves are afoot to oust them from power, bring their injurious actions into the light of public scrutiny, and themselves to justice.

運動正致力于將他們從權力之椅上拉下來，將他們的為害行動置于大眾的監督之下，并給運動擁護者們自己帶來正義。

Across the Taiwan Strait a second set of historically profound changes is afoot.

海峽對面的中國大陸正在發生著第二輪影響深刻的巨變。

Following the financial crisis, efforts are afoot to make it harder for bad bosses to walk away with a fortune.

隨著金融危機的到來，人們在不斷努力，以使糟糕的老板越發難以在離職時帶走大量財富。

Changes were afoot.

各種變革正在進行之中。

Mr Rouge says that work is also afoot to update the munitions list, which contains the set of military technologies that must be protected.

羅格說這些工作會是更新軍需品名單的前奏，它包含了一系列必須受到保護的軍事技術。

But now there is a controversial movement afoot to allow people to carry their handguns openly, as the cowboys used to do.

可現在一個頗具爭議的運動正醞釀著讓人們像過去的牛仔一樣，可以公開地攜帶他們的手槍。

Some also say they see changes afoot among the Minangkabau that may be weakening the adat system.

有一些人也說，他們看到了米南卡堡人中發生的變化，這種變化正在削弱adat體系。

And plans are afoot to hold a second international conference early next year to further explore global corruption trends .

明年初我們將會再接再厲舉辦第二屆研討會，與各國代表探討最新貪污趨勢。

If there is any mischief afoot, he is sure to be in at it.

要有什么調皮搗蛋的事，肯定有他的份。

The early policies of the Hatoyama government have confirmed the impression that something is afoot.

鳩山政府的早期政策，證實了人們的感覺：即某些事情正在醞釀之中。

Taken as a whole, it's increasingly clear that there are new business models afoot that are just now being well understood.

作為一個整體，它變得日益清晰，并且有一種新的、很容易去理解的商務模型正在進行。

ONE sign that change is afoot in countries ruled by despots is the appearance of murals and cartoons ridiculing them.

那些獨裁專制國家正在悄然發生著一些變化，即壁畫和卡通都在嘲弄著那些獨裁者。

But plans are afoot to extend the idea into a number of new areas.

但是將這一概念延伸入其他很多新領域的計劃正在準備當中。

As he paid off old clients with money from new ones, the press scented criminal mischief afoot.

在他用新帳來償還舊賬的時候，媒體察覺到了一絲犯罪的痕跡。

I thought he was moody, but would find out years later that something entirely more disturbing was afoot, something beyond his control.

我以為他是個情緒化的人，但數年以后，才發現更令人頭痛的事就要發生，而且是他無法控制的事。

And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to go afoot.

我們先上船開往亞朔去，意思要在那里接保羅。因為他是這樣安排的，他自己打算要步行。

I hear there's something afoot about changing the management structure of the company.

我聽說改變公司管理部門結構計劃在部署之中。

AMID the meadows, hedgerows and shady habitats of the great-crested newt, the battle for Chilmington Green is afoot.

在草地、灌木籬墻還有成蔭的大冠毛蠑螈的棲息地，正在進行著為邱明頓格林村而戰的斗爭。

But thanks to high oil prices and revolutionary solidarity, plans are now afoot to refurbish the rundown facilities and restock the zoo.

但是，得益于高油價和革命團結精神，重新整修和充實動物園的計劃正在進行中。

When expectations of carbon markets were higher, plans were afoot for bonds offering a mixture of financial returns and carbon credits.

那時對碳市場的期望更高，醞釀中的計劃是債券提供一個經濟回報和碳信用的混合物。

a reform movement in journalism is afoot in newsrooms and boardrooms across the country.

在新聞改革運動正醞釀在新聞和全國會議室。

It's a natural reaction not to want to be in large groups when there is an easily transmittable disease afoot.

不希望自己置身于一個在進行中很容易傳播疾病的大群體是一個正常的反應。

There are modest steps afoot to encourage central banks in Asia and further afield to hold renminbi in their foreign exchange reserves.

中國已開始采取一些力度不大的措施，旨在鼓勵亞洲及其它地區的央行把人民幣作為一種外匯儲備貨幣。

Though some movement is afoot in Congress to make this change, Volcker's arguments are largely falling on deaf ears in Washington.

雖然國會方面已經有所舉動進行改革，但華盛頓方面對沃爾克的觀點仍然置若罔聞。