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单词 undercurrent
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undercurrent
noun[C]
uk
/ˈʌn.dəˌkʌr.ənt/us
/ˈʌn.dɚˌkɝː.ənt/
anemotion,belief, orcharacteristicof asituationthat ishiddenand usuallynegativeordangerousbut that has someeffect:
（通常指负面的或危险的）潜在的情绪（或思想等）
undercurrents ofracism/anxiety/violence潜在的种族主义／焦虑／暴力
Beneath thesmoothsurfaceofpoliticallife, there arepowerfulanddangerousundercurrents.在日常政治生活平静的表面下存在着强大而危险的潜流。
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(Definition ofundercurrentfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

undercurrent| American Dictionary

undercurrent
noun[C]
us
/ˈʌn·dərˌkɜr·ənt,-ˌkʌr·ənt/
ahiddenemotionorbeliefthat is usuallynegativeorharmfuland has anindirecteffect:
There is an undercurrent ofsuspicionandevenhostilityin themilitaryfortheirnewcommander-in-chief.
(Definition ofundercurrentfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofundercurrent

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The distinction between a science that is appropriately linked to theology and science that is not was only anundercurrentin editions of the 1850s.
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Such an apparently decisive choice of collective identity obscures the undercurrents of ideological struggle in the region.
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The movement contained not only a strongundercurrentof anti-colonial feelings, but also antagonistic faction fighting for power within the local traditional and religious communities.
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The modification is in the desired direction because the linear current turned out to be too wide to fit the observationsof theundercurrent.
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Assuming this and applying equation (7) we evaluate certain quantities of interest in the special case of the equatorialundercurrent.
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Thisundercurrenthas resulted in considerable pressure on national immunization agencies to implement a meningococcal vaccine programme.
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Theundercurrentof theory is usefully visible at key points, with some expositions of theory and references to further related reading.
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The negative relationship between pension changes and two variables - rising pensioner population and unemployment rate - reveals crucial economic undercurrents of the transition.
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In addition to neutral facets of these interchanges, such as communication skills, this process involves more emotionally charged undercurrents, most notably power issues.
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Such impressions are at times registered in dissonant eruptions and ominous harmonic undercurrents which disturb but do not quite rupture the music's lyrical flow.
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It has no emotional overtones and no political undercurrents either.
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Some of this ideological diversity comes through in the final chapter, but for most of the book it remains anundercurrent.
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However, there are strong undercurrents in this relationship which have also been much highlighted.
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These undercurrents then raise the issues of the nature of disciplinary regimes and also the relationship between the official discourses of penance and popular culture.
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This discussion also leads into an interesting discourse on religious undercurrents within the region.
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