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单词 underbelly
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underbellynoun [ S ]

uk/ˈʌn.dəˌbel.i/us/ˈʌn.dɚˌbel.i/literary

the weakest or most unpleasant part of something:

a film exposing the sordid underbelly of modern urban society
Small businesses are the soft underbelly (= weakest parts) of the economy, and they need as much government support as possible.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Weakness and vulnerability

  • Achilles heel
  • at a low ebb idiom
  • be (only) flesh and blood idiom
  • be sb's poodle idiom
  • chink in sb's armour idiom
  • ebb
  • faint
  • impotent
  • indefensible
  • lax
  • limp
  • malleable
  • susceptibility
  • susceptible
  • toothless
  • totter
  • unprotected
  • unsteady
  • vulnerable
  • wraith

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