In everyday English, people usually use underneath (as an adverb or preposition) or under (as a preposition) when talking about position: 在日常英语中,谈到位置时人们通常用underneath(副词或介词)或under(介词)
Dave sensed that something more sinister lay beneath the woman’s cheerful exterior.
戴夫感觉到,在那个女人开朗的外表下隐藏着一颗邪恶的心。
Beneath the surface she was angry.
她表面上没有显露出来,实际上很愤怒。
4SUITABLEnot good enough or suitable for someone 配不上〔某人〕,与〔某人〕不相称
She acts as if even speaking to us is beneath her.
她的样子好像和我们说句话都有失身份。
He felt it would be beneath his dignity to comment.
他觉得发表意见会有失他的尊严。
His mother felt he was marrying beneath him (=marrying someone who was not good enough).
他母亲觉得他娶的妻子配不上他。
I consider such behaviour to be beneath contempt (=so bad that you have no respect for the person involved).
我觉得这种行为为人所不齿。
5.POSITION/RANKin a lower, less important rank or job than someone else 〔级别或职位〕低于SYN below
Examples from the Corpus
beneath• He stood on the bridge, looking at the riverbeneath.• The whales are black or gray on top, with white beneath.
beneath the weight of• Apple trees were strainingbeneath the weight of a bumpercrop of what looked like Cox's orange pippins.• The shelves around him, which were built to the ceiling, were bowedbeneath the weight of his trove.• It ultimately collapsesbeneath the weight of its deception.
Beneath the surface• Even this may still leave some hiddenagendaslurkingbeneath the surface.• Yet, when we dig a little deeper, we find simply another style of moralpaternalismliesburiedbeneath the surface.• The golden iridescence of Cassida and its allies is produced by a film of moisturebeneath the surfacecuticle.• The mudbeneath the surfacedragged at his boots, which seemed to be weighted with lead.• Forty-fivemilesbeneath the surface, the layer known as the asthenosphere begins.• They swimbeneath the surface with sharp black fins, waiting to attack.
beneath ... dignity• Hazar, an Arabianstallion, felt that halter classes at shows were rather beneath his dignity.• He made it quite clear that much speech was beneath his dignity.• It is as if the academiccommunity takes the view that theories on ancientastronauts are beneath their dignity.• Oh, no! that would be beneath her dignity.• Some youngstersrespond to persuasion and the idea that to do certain things is beneath their dignity.• They viewed such methods as a necessaryevil, unavoidable yet somehow beneath their dignity.• It was all beneath his dignity, this business of charging around with rifles in your hand and going on parade.• It was as if, in some strange way, it was beneath his dignity to take an interest in her.