英语知识点:表示“在......下面”
*①below表示“在......下面”时,指处于比某物低的位置,不一定在某物的正下方。它在的反义词是above。如:Write your name below the line.
We are below the moon.
②below还常用来指数量、价值、程度等“低于......,在......以下”。如:
The number is below ten.
He is below twenty years old.
*①under表示“在......下面”的意思时,有时可与below通用,但它指处于某物的正下方,其反义词是over。如:He stood under a tree.
The cat was under the table.
②表示数量、年龄、程度时,under可与below互换,但在表示人的关系时,below表示级别“低于......”,under表示“在......领导、管辖之下”。如:I placed under him.
He is next in rank below the mayor.