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Everybody knew that something awful was afoot.大家都知道可怕的事近在眼前。There are plans afoot to increase taxation.正在拟订增税方案。There's something afoot here, but I don't know what it is.这里有什么东西不对劲, 但我不知道到底是什么....
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adj.& adv.徒步的（地），正在进行的（地），活动着的（地），不对劲的（地）...
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set afoot着手, 使...开始执行There's something afoot here, but I don't know what it is.这里有什么东西不对劲, 但我不知道到底是什么.be well afoot在顺利进行中be early afoot早在进行There are plans afoot to increase taxation.正在拟订增税方案。Plans are afoot to ...