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undertone是什么意思

详细释义

0 a particular but not obvious characteristic that a piece of writing or speech, an event, or a situation has -- （文章或講話的）含意，弦外之音；（事件或情況的）蘊含意義
- I thought her speech had slightly sinister undertones. 我認爲她的話裡有點不祥的意味。
- It was a comedy act with an undertone of cruelty. 這是一個有點兒殘忍的喜劇節目。
1 in a very quiet voice -- 輕聲地，低聲地
- Freddie muttered something to me in an undertone. 弗雷迪輕聲向我嘀咕了些甚麽。
- They spoke in undertones in order not to startle the animal.

In some ways, discounting the political undertones, it is understandable.
The basic theme of that statement has very considerable and even threatening undertones.
Much of what they do has social undertones, and much of their activities has characteristics of local or national monoply.
The ordinary people, as is customary, talked in undertones.
There was no ideological clash, there was no history of bitterness and there were no undertones or overtones of confiscation.
Whether there are overtones or undertones of partisanship in this debate, they are as nothing compared with what would have been raised in another place.
The first emphasises the huge range of overtones and undertones.
All kinds of overtones and undertones have been introduced into the argument.