表象之下（藏著的真相）
把「被上面一層蓋住」搬到心理上：外表就是那層蓋子，真正的性格或感受藏在它下面。
hidden beneath (true character) · r · B2
Used to say that someone's true character or feelings are hidden under how they look or act.
在…表面之下
核心畫面
Picture one thing sitting in the space directly under another — the floor beneath your feet, water beneath the boat. It points to whatever is lower down or underneath.
可以想成：一個東西就位在另一個東西的正下方那塊空間——腳下的地板、船底下的水。核心畫面比較像「在……下面、比較低的那…更多收起
可以想成：一個東西就位在另一個東西的正下方那塊空間——腳下的地板、船底下的水。核心畫面比較像「在……下面、比較低的那一層」。From the picture
地位／身分較低
把「高低」從實體空間搬到社會位階：位子低就是在別人下面，而「配不上」則是把某件事看成低於自己該站的高度。
beneath (lower rank) · r · B2
Lower than someone else in rank or position within an organization.
職位較低
Also in this word
below · r · B2
In or to a place lower than something, or right under it.
在…下方
underneath, covered by · r · B2
Under and covered by something, such as a blanket or a layer of dust.
在…底下
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
beneathadv/bɪˈniːθ/
- 1
Below or underneath.
- Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change, the melting of ice into water is the starkest. It is binary. And for the land beneath, the air above and the life around, it changes everything.
beneathprep/bɪˈniːθ/
- 1
Below.
- Our country sinks beneath the yoke.
- 1718, Alexander Pope, epitaph to Nicholas Rowe Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies.
- 2
In a position that is lower in rank, dignity, etc.
- Their despicable behaviour is beneath contempt.
- He will do nothing that is beneath his high station.
- 3
Covered up or concealed by something.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。