His soft words contained an undertone of warning.
他温和的话中蕴涵着警告之意。
The play does not have the political undertones of the novel.
这部戏没有小说的那种政治寓意。
1.低音;小声
2.潜在性质[成分,意义];(市场的)潜在趋势
3.浅色,淡色;底色
1.something that suggests a particular idea or feeling without directly saying or showing it
1.He wished them "Good morning" in an awkward hesitating undertone as if he were doubtful how his greetings would be received.
他尴尬地向他们问好，声音很低，又有些犹豫，好象担心他们会不睬他。
2.It began to be said in an undertone, in the women's workroom, that Fantine "wrote letters" and that "she had ways about her. "
在女车间里，大家开始叽叽喳喳谈论起来了，说芳汀“天天寄信”，说她有一些“怪举动”。
3.I began to sense in it something mocking, an undertone I had not heard at first.
起初，我把它当做某种嘲弄般的声音，低沉得自己都听不到。
4.He had a loud voice , but he deliberately muttered in an undertone at the moment .
他本来嗓门挺大，但是此时却故意用了低调。
5."Well, " she said with the same undertone of contempt that seemed to pull her apart from him.
“好了，”她仍然带着一些鄙夷的语调说，这种语调似乎正在把她从他身边拖走。
6.He soliloquized in an undertone of peevish displeasure, while relieving me of my horse.
他接过我的马时，别别扭扭地不高兴地低声自言自语着。
7.Being careful not to wake up the mate, whose room was opposite, I spoke in an undertone .
为了不致吵醒对面房里的大副，我只得低声说话。
8.And he added in an undertone to the Queen, 'Really, my dear, YOU must cross-examine the next witness. It quite makes my forehead ache!
然后他对王后耳语说：“真的，亲爱的，下一个作证人必须你来审讯了，我已经头疼得无法忍受了。”
9.There was an undertone of bitterness in his words.
他话中有刺。
10.It was a low dome of sonorous blue, with an undertone of sultry sulphur-color, because of the smoke that dimmed the air.
低低的深蓝色的穹苍，带着一点儿闷热的硫磺气味，因为空气被烟弄得昏暗了。