The underlying features of an object, event, or situation are not obvious, and it may be difficult to discover or reveal them.
双语例句
例: To stop a problem you have to understand its underlying causes.
要杜绝一个问题,你就必须认识其根本成因。
例: I think that the underlying problems are education, unemployment, and bad housing.
我认为潜在的问题是教育、失业和恶劣的居住条件。