1N-COUNT 潜在的情绪 If there is an undertow of a feeling, that feeling exists in such a weak form that you are hardly aware of it, but it influences the way you think or behave. 潜在的情绪
The existence of an emotional undertow is an aspect of all politics.
具有情绪感召力是所有政治的一个方面。
...an undertow of sadness. [+ of]
隐隐的悲伤
2N-COUNT 潜流;下层逆流 An undertow is a strong current of water that is moving below the surface current and in a different direction to it. 潜流;下层逆流
Dangerous undertows make swimming unsafe along most of the coastline.