大学英语词汇短语释义解析及例句 afoot
释义：
afoot adj. 进行中的，准备的；徒步的
adv. 进行中地，准备地；徒步地
例句：
Changes were afoot.
各种变革正在进行之中。
There are plans afoot to increase taxation.
正在拟订增税方案。
Everybody knew that something awful was afoot.
每个人都知道糟糕的事在酝酿之中。
As soon as he heard what was afoot, he telephoned his German and Italian counterparts to protest.
他一听到在进行中的事，马上就给德国和意大利相应人员打电话抗议。
Unless there's some cultural shift afoot, however, New York will continue to lag behind metropolises from Mexico City to Moscow.
然而，除非发生一些文化上的转变，否则纽约将继续落后于从墨西哥城到莫斯科的大都市。
Mr Legaspi points out that another change is quietly afoot.
黎牙实比先生指出，另一项变化正在悄然进行。
Yet two changes are now afoot.
然而，现在有两大改变即将来临。
Yet subtle changes are afoot.
然而微妙的变化在发生着。
So what is afoot in Swaziland?
那斯威士兰到底发生了什么？
Even so something is afoot.
即便如此，时局还是在缓缓的发生变化。
But bigger changes are also afoot.
不过，更大的变化也在酝酿之中。
But something deeper may be afoot, too.
不过，更深层的事态或许也在酝酿之中。
But something more sinister may be afoot.
但一些更不祥的事情可能有点不对劲了。
Something is afoot and none of it is good.
某些事情正在酝酿中，恐怕没啥好事。
So, in short, there seems to be a plan afoot.
因此，简单地说，这似乎有一个正在进行的计划。
The same process is afoot today in Afghanistan.
同样的过程今天正在阿富汗进行。
Several moves are afoot to mend the flaws in the UI system.
修补失业保险制度缺陷的几项举措正在进行中。
Now there is a movement afoot to change humanity's co-ordinates.
现在有一种正在发生变化改变着人类的角色定位。
But plans are afoot to extend the idea into a number of new areas.
但是将这一概念延伸入其他很多新领域的计划正在准备当中。
That "something serious is afoot" is a description, not an explanation.
“这个严重事件是多么不寻常”只是一个描述，并不是解释。
Soon, on the highest peak at 859m (2, 817ft), great changes were afoot.
不久，就在859米（2817英尺）的最高峰，出现了巨大的变化。
And legal moves are now afoot to broaden the rights of indigenous fishermen.
如今，新的法律行动正在进行，原住民捕鱼权可能将继续扩大。
If a media player tells you it needs to send SMS messages, something is afoot.
如果一款媒体播放器告诉你它需要发送短信息，这里面一定有什么阴谋。
To reduce reliance on Russia, plans are afoot to run a pipeline from Central Asia.
为了减少对俄罗斯的依赖，欧洲正计划建设通往中亚的天然气管道，即纳布科管道。
