Underhand

(adj.) with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level; 'an underhand pitch'; 'an underhand stroke' .

整理:玛丽斯

• She's an underhand little thing: I never saw a girl of her age with so much cover. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• In her hearing, the Sergeant, with his own underhand object in view, had appealed to my interest in Rosanna Spearman. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• But, you see, from the mother's breast the colored child feels and sees that there are none but underhand ways open to it. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• There is some underhand villainy at work to frighten my sister about her approaching marriage. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• He always had his great indignation ready against anything underhand. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Then Pablo leaned forward, picked up the key and tossed it underhand to the guard at the door. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• You have not attempted to take any underhand advantage--you have not spoken to my sister in secret. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• You have taken your own mean, underhand view of an innocent deception practised on Lady Glyde for her own good. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• My good sir, said the old man, with quiet irony, Englishmen in their time have had to do just such underhand work. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.

录入:梅林达