afoot

美 [əˈfʊt]英 [əˈfʊt]
  • adj.正在进行;进行中;计划中
  • adv.步行;活动中
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adj.

not before noun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。

afoot

频次

  • 1
    ADJ 进行中的;正在发生的;酝酿中的
    If you say that a plan or scheme is afoot, it is already happening or being planned, but you do not know much about it.

    Everybody knew that something awful was afoot.

    大家都知道可怕的事近在眼前。

adv

1
on foot;walking
they went to the village afoot
quail are hunted either afoot or on horseback

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  1. Changes were afoot .

    各种变革正在进行之中。

  2. Indeed , the historical record provides a hint that something was afoot around this time .

    其实,历史记载提供了一条线索,大约这个时候,有些事情正在进行中。

  3. There are plans afoot to increase taxation .

    正在拟订增税方案。

  4. Everybody knew that something awful was afoot .

    大家都知道可怕的事近在眼前。

  5. Moves are afoot to increase car insurance premiums .

    现正在酝酿提高汽车的保险费

  6. But at the latest round of menswear catwalk shows - London Collections : Men , currently taking place in the capital - something is afoot .

    不过,最新一季伦敦男装秀场上,男人们又把脚踝给藏起来了,性感的“男人味脚踝”不见了。

  7. There are plans afoot to build a new leisure complex .

    建造新的休闲娱乐中心的计划正在酝酿之中。

  8. 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。

  9. 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。

  10. But it does show them that there 's a change afoot .

    但这的确让他们看到,情况在发生变化。

  11. There is a plan afoot to pull down the old building .

    目前正计划拆除这幢旧建筑物。

  12. But executives across the Chinese internet industry are convinced that change is afoot .

    但中国互联网行业的高管们相信,变革已经开始。

  13. Something was afoot and she did not know about it .

    事情仍在进行之中,她却一无所知。

  14. Plans are afoot to stage a new opera .

    上演一部新歌剧的计划正在酝酿之中。

  15. 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。

  16. There is a scheme afoot to improve recreational facilities in the area .

    有一项改善本地区娱乐设施的计划正在进行。

  17. Saw this board into pieces , each afoot long .

    把这块板锯成千段一段的,每段1英尺长。

  18. If Suellen wanted to go visiting she could go afoot .

    如果苏伦一定要去访邻会友,她可以步行嘛。

  19. A plan was afoot to seize power . There is some work toward .

    夺权的计划在进行中。

  20. In any case , limited moves are afoot to improve supervision of them .

    无论如何,有关方面正采取有限举措加强对这些机构的监管。

  21. Important changes are afoot in datacenter storage technologies .

    资料处理中心储存技术正在作一些非常重要的改动。

  22. But bigger changes are also afoot .

    不过,更大的变化也在酝酿之中。

  23. However , in Washington , a different type of complacency has been afoot .

    然而,美国政府的自满是另一种类型。

  24. Did you came all the way afoot ?

    你是一路走来的吗?

  25. But change is afoot this year .

    但今年,这样领域正在酝酿一场变革。

  26. There are plans afoot to bring in a team of outside consultants .

    正在酝酿从外面引进一批顾问。

  27. Initiatives are afoot at other schools as well .

    其他院校也在酝酿一些举措。

  28. There 's a scheme afoot to put a motorway through the park .

    现在正酝酿着一个计划,要修一条穿过公园的高速公路。

  29. Favourable shifts in the underlying legal infrastructure are afoot .

    有利于基本的法律结构的转变正在进行中。

  30. 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。