afoot

UK:  [ə'fʊt]

US:  [ə'fʊt]

adv.

1.徒步,步行

2.在准备中

3.进行中,活动中

4.着手进行

5.酝酿着

adj.

1.准备中的

2.〔多作表语〕

3.酝酿中的

4.进行中的

1 . Mr Campanale says current moves in Asia do not add up to a managed fund explosion, but something is afoot.
Campanale表示，眼下亚洲的这些举措还不至于导致管理基金的爆炸式增长，但一些事情已在酝酿之中。

2 . When a man starts trying to shtup his way out of a midlife crisis, you know there's trouble afoot.
如果一个男人试图绕开而不是正面中年危机，那么他就有麻烦了。

3 . The plane gave no warning either over the radio to air-traffic controllers or to its passengers that trouble was afoot.
飞机降落之前机组人员并没有通过无线电通知交通管理中心和乘客，提醒人们危险迫在眉睫。

4 . But regardless of what actually is afoot, from a number of angles, HSBC would be better off moving back to its historical roots in Asia.
但不管其实际打算是什么，从多个角度来看，汇丰搬回它在亚洲的原来的根据地将使其获益匪浅。

5 . Either he was not ready to reveal what was afoot, or he did not know.
他要么没准备好公开现状，要么对其全不知情。