underbelly
n[sing]
1 undersurface of an animal's body, eg as a cut of meat, esp pork(动物的)下腹部(如切下的一块, 尤指猪肉).
2 (fig 比喻) area, region, etc that is vulnerable to attack 易受攻击的部位、 区域等
The stock-market crisis struck at the soft underbelly of the US economy, eg its trade deficit. 股市危机打击了美国经济的薄弱环节(如贸易逆差).
🗣️ 情景例句
We like to go to the theater together.
我们常一起去看戏。
If he doesn't pay him, I will.
如果他不,我将付给他。
In a few years the small workshop had become a large factory which employed seven hundred and twenty-eight people.