underworld

noun

/ˈʌndəwɜːld/

/ˈʌndərwɜːrld/

[singular]

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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 Dictionary
adjective
- dark
- murky
- seedy
- …
underworld + noun
- boss
- figure
- contact
- …
preposition
- in the… underworld
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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。