the people and activities involved in crime in a particular place 黑社会;黑道;犯罪集团 the criminal underworld 罪恶的黑社会 the Glasgow underworld 格拉斯哥的黑社会 the dark underworld of drug abuse and petty crime 吸毒和轻微犯罪的黑暗地下世界 He ran an import-export business and had underworld contacts in Japan. 他经营进出口生意,并与日本的黑社会有往来。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dark
- murky
- seedy
- …
- boss
- figure
- contact
- …
- in the… underworld
- the underworld
(in myths and legends, for example those of ancient Greece )神话、传说中的 the place under the earth where people are believed to go when they die 阴间;冥府;阴曹地府 The three-headed dog Cerberus guarded the entrance to the underworld. 三头犬赛伯勒斯守卫着冥界的入口。