beneath

Compared meaning: in a lower position (adverb).

比较义项：在下方/下面的位置（副词）。

• beneath 本词

  More literary and formal; describes a position directly under and often touching or covering something physical, rather than a level on a scale.

  更书面、更文学化；表示直接在某物之下（常带接触或遮盖的意味），而不是用于等级或数值上的高低比较。

  The cat hid beneath the old wooden table.

  那只猫躲在那张旧木桌下面。

• below

  More common and neutral; used for positions on a scale, level, or measurement, such as temperature, average, or rank, not necessarily touching anything.

  更常用、更中性；用于等级、水平或数值上的高低比较，比如温度、平均值或排名，不一定表示接触。

  The temperature dropped below zero last night.

  昨晚气温降到了零度以下。

Below and beneath both describe a lower position. Beneath is more literary and formal, describing a position directly under, and often touching, something physical. Below is more common and neutral, used for positions on a scale or level, such as temperature, average, or rank.

这两个词在“位置较低”这一意义上很接近，但 below 更常用、更中性，常用于数值或等级上的高低比较；beneath 更书面、文学化，强调直接在某物之下，带有接触或遮盖的意味。这里不比较 beneath 的另一义项“不值得，有失……的身份”。