afoot

US [əˈfʊt]
UK [ə'fʊt]
  • adv.步行；活动中
  • adj.计划中；进行中
  • Web徒步；在准备中；在进行中

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

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Definition:
AllAll,步行步行,活动中活动中,计划中计划中,进行中进行中,徒步徒步,在准备中在准备中,在进行中在进行中
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1.
It was then that she realised that something sinister was afoot as she could not access her account because her password had been changed.
因为密码已经被改动，无法进入自己的帐户，她才意识到有人对自己的手机做了手脚。
yīn wèi mì mǎ yǐ jīng bèi gǎi dòng , wú fǎ jìn rù zì jǐ de zhàng hù , tā cái yì shí dào yǒu rén duì zì jǐ de shǒu jī zuò le shǒu jiǎo 。
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2.
The possibility that more than one assailant might have been involved and that a conspiracy might be afoot fueled unease.
参与行凶的可能不止一人，而且阴谋是提前计划好的，这些推测都加深了民众的恐慌情绪。
cān yù xíng xiōng de kě néng bù zhǐ yī rén , ér qiě yīn móu shì tí qián jì huà hǎo de , zhè xiē tuī cè dōu jiā shēn le mín zhòng de kǒng huāng qíng xù 。
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3.
Either he was not ready to reveal what was afoot, or he did not know.
他要么没准备好公开现状，要么对其全不知情。
tā yào me méi zhǔn bèi hǎo gōng kāi xiàn zhuàng , yào me duì qí quán bù zhī qíng 。
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4.
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.
但不管其实际打算是什么，从多个角度来看，汇丰搬回它在亚洲的原来的根据地将使其获益匪浅。
dàn bù guǎn qí shí jì dǎ suàn shì shén me , cóng duō gè jiǎo dù lái kàn , huì fēng bān huí tā zài yà zhōu de yuán lái de gēn jù dì jiāng shǐ qí huò yì fěi qiǎn 。
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5.
The plane gave no warning either over the radio to air-traffic controllers or to its passengers that trouble was afoot.
飞机降落之前机组人员并没有通过无线电通知交通管理中心和乘客，提醒人们危险迫在眉睫。
fēi jī jiàng luò zhī qián jī zǔ rén yuán bìng méi yǒu tōng guò wú xiàn diàn tōng zhī jiāo tōng guǎn lǐ zhōng xīn hé chéng kè , tí xǐng rén men wēi xiǎn pò zài méi jié 。
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6.
When a man starts trying to shtup his way out of a midlife crisis, you know there's trouble afoot.
如果一个男人试图绕开而不是正面中年危机，那么他就有麻烦了。
rú guǒ yī gè nán rén shì tú rào kāi ér bú shì zhèng miàn zhōng nián wēi jī , nà me tā jiù yǒu má fan le 。
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7.
Mr Campanale says current moves in Asia do not add up to a managed fund explosion, but something is afoot.
Campanale表示，眼下亚洲的这些举措还不至于导致管理基金的爆炸式增长，但一些事情已在酝酿之中。
Campanale biǎo shì , yǎn xià yà zhōu de zhè xiē jǔ cuò hái bú zhì yú dǎo zhì guǎn lǐ jī jīn de bào zhà shì zēng zhǎng , dàn yì xiē shì qíng yǐ zài yùn niàng zhī zhōng 。
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8.
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.
接着他又轻巧地站了起来，转过身子，示威似的挥着帽子，一下子就在森林的边缘上消失了。
jiē zhe tā yòu qīng qiǎo de zhàn le qǐ lái , zhuǎn guò shēn zǐ , shì wēi shì de huī zhe mào zi , yí xià zi jiù zài sēn lín de biān yuán shàng xiāo shī le 。
9.
Instead, he was shooed away by the implacable clone troopers, who told him a Jedi rebellion was afoot.
但那些态度不友好的克隆人士兵告诉他绝地正在进行叛乱，然后赶他离开。
dàn nà xiē tài du bù yǒu hǎo de kè lóng rén shì bīng gào su tā jué dì zhèng zài jìn xíng pàn luàn , rán hòu gǎn tā lí kāi 。
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10.
Methinks it were but poor courtesy, and cold regard to Holy Church to leave him afoot here in the forest.
要是我们把他留在森林里，又无马可骑，那将是对神圣教会不礼貌的冷漠表现。
yào shi wǒ men bǎ tā liú zài sēn lín lǐ , yòu wú mǎ kě qí , nà jiāng shì duì shén shèng jiào huì bù lǐ mào de lěng mò biǎo xiàn 。
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