adj.& adv. 徒步的(地);正在进行的(地);活动着的(地);不对劲的(地)
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。