湯姆相信有人在他剛剛吃的食物裡下了毒。

Tom was convinced that the food he had just eaten had been poisoned.

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Sentence Composition

1 湯姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
2 相信 xiāngxìn to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
3 有人 yǒurén
  1. someone
  2. people
  3. anyone
  4. there is someone there
  5. occupied (as in restroom)
4 在 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
5 他 tā
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)
=6 剛剛 gānggang
  1. just recently
  2. just a moment ago
=6 剛剛 gānggāng
  1. barely
  2. just; just now; a moment ago
7 吃的 chīde (coll.) food
8 食物 shíwù food
9 裡 lǐ
  1. lining
  2. interior
  3. inside
  4. internal
  5. also written 里 lǐ
10 下 xià
  1. down
  2. downwards
  3. below
  4. lower
  5. later
  6. next (week etc)
  7. second (of two parts)
  8. to decline
  9. to go down
  10. to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
  11. measure word to show the frequency of an action
=11 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=11 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 了 liǎo)
=11 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=11 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
=12 毒 dú
  1. poison
  2. to poison
  3. poisonous
  4. malicious
  5. cruel
  6. fierce
  7. narcotics
=12 毒 dài only used in 毒冒, an alternative form of 玳瑁 (dàimào)