"underbelly" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 陰暗面
• 下腹部（動物的）

Definition

“Underbelly”字面意思是動物身體的下腹部，更常用來形容某事物的陰暗面或弱點，比如一個城市或組織隱藏的不良部分。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

“Underbelly”多用於正式、文學或新聞語境，指社會、城市等的陰暗面，常見搭配有 'dark underbelly'、'expose the underbelly'。很少用於動物解剖的字面意思，不用於日常物品或個人。

Examples

The cat has a white underbelly.

這隻貓的**腹部**是白色的。

Some cities have a hidden underbelly.

有些城市有**陰暗面**。

The reporter exposed the criminal underbelly of the town.

記者揭露了這個小鎮的**犯罪陰暗面**。

Tourists rarely see the real underbelly of the city at night.

遊客很少在夜晚看到這座城市真正的**陰暗面**。

Corruption is often the dark underbelly of politics.

腐敗常常是政治的**陰暗面**。

The documentary showed the underbelly of the fashion industry that no one talks about.

紀錄片揭示了時尚產業沒人談論的**陰暗面**。