afoot
adj[pred 作表语]
being prepared or progressing 在准备中; 在进行中
There's mischief afoot, ie being planned. 有人准备捣鬼.
There's a scheme afoot to put a motorway through the park. 现在正酝酿著一个计划, 要修一条穿过公园的高速公路.
🗣️ 情景例句
Well, are you as good a tennis player as your dad?
嗯 ,你是否像爸爸那样是一名优秀的网球选手呢?
Perhaps not so.
也许不这样。
I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and was dismayed when I recognized the voice of Helen Bates.