afoot

英 [əˈfʊt]

美 [əˈfʊt]

adj.  计划中; 进行中

TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.19318 / COCA.17330

牛津词典

adj.

• 计划中；进行中
  being planned; happening
  1. There are plans afoot to increase taxation.
     正在拟订增税方案。
  2. Changes were afoot.
     各种变革正在进行之中。

柯林斯词典

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

英英释义

adv

• on foot
  1. they went to the village afoot
  2. quail are hunted either afoot or on horseback

双语例句

• There is mischief afoot; plans are afoot; preparations for the trial are underway.
  正在搞恶作剧；计划正在执行；对实验的准备正在进行。
• It never entered my head that there was devilry afoot.
  我从没有想到竟然有人会恶作剧。
• Plans were afoot for a royal visit from the king and queen of spain.
  迎接西班牙国王及王后访问的计划在进行中。
• But citizens and foreign investors need to know plans are afoot to bring the budget back into balance.
  但美国公民和外国投资者需要知道，让预算恢复平衡的计划正在准备中。
• But were our witty empress well afoot.
  要是让我们那聪明的皇后看了。
• Did you came all the way afoot?
  你是一路走来的吗？
• Something's afoot& the managers keep having secret meetings.
  有些事正在筹划之中&经理们不断地召开秘密会议。
• I hear there's something afoot about changing the management structure of the company.
  我听说改变公司管理部门结构计划在部署之中。
• His nature will be changed by the changes he has already set afoot.
  他的本性将随着他已经开始的变化而变化。
• It's also worth mentioning a movement that's afoot to bring books to readers in electronic form.
  还有必要提一下正在进行中的，以电子版方式向读者提供书籍的趋势。