To underbus means to unfairly discredit¹, blame, or dispose of an ally or colleague, particularly for personal gain.

Underbus指为了个人私利，不公平地诋毁、责难或者抛弃同伴或者同事的行为。

 

This verb is a tidy shortening of the longer idiomatic² phrase "to throw (someone) under the bus," which has been in the language since at least 1991:

这个词是短语“to throw (someone) under the bus”的简写形式，意为：将某人推下水，即为了个人利益牺牲或者背叛别人。这个短语至少在1991年时就开始使用了：

 

Dees said he talked to Hood³ after he bonded⁴ out of the El Paso County Criminal Justice Center on Sept. 26, 1990, and warned him "that he was being thrown under the bus by Jennifer Reali." But he said Hood believed Reali "was going to tell the truth."

迪斯说，1990年9月26日胡德从埃尔帕索县刑事司法中心保释出来后，他曾经警告过胡德“詹妮弗会让他背黑锅”。可是，胡德说他详细詹妮弗会“实话实说”。

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