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lower

lower
[英] [ˈləuə] [美] [ˈlaʊɚ, laʊr] 生词本

adj.

vt.& vi.

vt.

  • 易混淆的单词：Lower  

  • 柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典

  • 英英释义

  • 行业释义

  • 词典例句

1. ADJ-COMPAR （成对物中）下方的，下面的 You can use lower to refer to the bottom one of a pair of things. 

  • She bit her lower lip.

    她咬了咬下唇。

  • ...the lower deck of the bus...

    公共汽车的下层

  • The upper layer of felt should overlap the lower.

    毛毡的上层应与下层重叠。

2. ADJ-COMPAR 底端的；底部的 You can use lower to refer to the bottom part of something. 

  • Use a small cushion to help give support to the lower back.

    用一个小靠垫帮助支撑腰部。

  • ...fires which started in the lower part of a tower block.

    从塔楼底部开始烧起的大火

3. ADJ-COMPAR 较低级的；低等的 You can use lower to refer to people or things that are less important than similar people or things. 

  • Already the awards are causing resentment in the lower ranks of council officers...

    奖项已使政务委员会的低层官员们愤愤不平。

  • The nation's highest court reversed the lower court's decision...

    该国最高法院已推翻了下级法院的判决。

  • The higher orders of society must rule the lower.

    上层社会必须统治下层社会。

4. VERB （缓慢地）降下，放下 If you lower something, you move it slowly downwards. 

  • Two reporters had to help lower the coffin into the grave...

    两名记者不得不帮忙把灵柩慢慢地放进墓穴中。

  • Sokolowski lowered himself into the black leather chair...

    索科洛夫斯基缓缓地坐到黑色皮椅上。

  • 'No movies of me getting out of the pool, boys.' They dutifully lowered their cameras.

    “小伙子们，不要拍摄我从泳池出来的画面。”他们便乖乖地把摄像机放下了。

lowering

  • ...the extinguishing of the Olympic flame and the lowering of the flag.

    奥林匹克圣火的熄灭和五环旗的缓缓降下

5. VERB 降低；减少；减弱 If you lower something, you make it less in amount, degree, value, or quality. 

  • The Central Bank has lowered interest rates by 2 percent...

    中央银行已将利率调低了两个百分点。

  • This drug lowers cholesterol levels by binding fats in the intestine.

    这种药通过黏合肠内的脂肪降低胆固醇水平。

lowering

  • ...a package of social measures which included the lowering of the retirement age.

    包括降低退休年龄在内的一揽子社会措施

6. VERB 垂下，低下（头或眼睛） If someone lowers their head or eyes, they look downwards, for example because they are sad or embarrassed. 

  • She lowered her head and brushed past photographers as she went back inside...

    她再次回到里面时低着头，与摄影师擦身而过。

  • She lowered her gaze to the hands in her lap.

    她低头盯着放在大腿上的双手。

7. VERB 降低，贬低（身份） If you say that you would not lower yourself by doing something, you mean that you would not behave in a way that would make you or other people respect you less. 

  • Don't lower yourself, don't be the way they are...

    不要自贬身份,不要学他们那样。

  • I've got no qualms about lowering myself to Lemmer's level to get what I want.

    为得到我想要的东西，我一点都不忌讳把自己降格到跟莱麦尔一样。

8. V-ERG 压低，放低（声音） If you lower your voice or if your voice lowers, you speak more quietly. 

  • The man moved closer, lowering his voice...

    那个男子靠上前去，压低了声音。

  • His voice lowers confidentially.

    他神秘地压低了嗓音。

9. See also: low;  
Noun

1. the lower of two berths

Verb

1. move something or somebody to a lower position;

  • "take down the vase from the shelf"

2. set lower;

  • "lower a rating"
  • "lower expectations"

3. cause to drop or sink;

  • "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir"

4. make lower or quieter;

  • "turn down the volume of a radio"

5. look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval

Adjective

1. (usually preceded by `no') lower in esteem;

  • "no less a person than the king himself"

2. inferior in rank or status;

  • "the junior faculty"
  • "a lowly corporal"
  • "petty officialdom"
  • "a subordinate functionary"

3. the bottom one of two;

  • "he chose the lower number"

4. of the underworld;

  • "nether regions"

体育

  • 1.放下
  • 2.落下
  • 3.降下

计算机

  • 1.【NT】降低
1. The lower level is subordinate to the higher level.; The lower level subordinates itself to the higher level.
下级服从上级。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2. A cadre should be ready to take a lower as well as a higher post.
干部要能上能下。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3. A higher court of law overruled a lower court and set the accused person free.
上级法院否决了下级法院的判决，把被告释放了。

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Eels have been on the feed in the Lower Thames.
鳗鱼在泰晤士河下游寻食。

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. He got jab bed in the lower part of his chest.
他的下胸部被刺。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

6. He is a man who is unfit for a higher post but unwilling to take a lower one in his work.
他这个人在工作上高不成，低不就。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

7. He signed her to lower her voice.
他摆摆手要她把声音放低点。

来自《简明英汉词典》

8. He would never lower himself by taking bribes.
他绝不会受贿而降低品格。

来自《简明英汉词典》

9. He's living in a converted loft in lower Manhattan.
他住在下曼哈顿的一间改建的阁楼里。

来自《简明英汉词典》

10. He's suffering from an acute infection of the lower respiratory tract.
他患有急性下呼吸道感染。

来自《简明英汉词典》

11. Her lower members were numb with cold.
她的下肢冻麻了。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

12. Her voice had sunk even lower as she went on.
她的声音越来越低。

来自《简明英汉词典》

13. High levels of stress may lower your immunity to common illnesses.
压力过大可能会使你对常见疾病的免疫力下降。

来自《简明英汉词典》

14. I asked him to lower his colours but he insisted.
我叫他放弃算了，但他坚持。

来自《简明英汉词典》

15. I hope you wouldn't lower yourself to cheat in the examination.
希望你考试不要作弊，别做有失身份的事。

来自《简明英汉词典》

16. I've got a nagging pain in my lower back.
我后背下方老是疼。

来自《简明英汉词典》

17. Make sure you keep within the new lower speed limit.
请一定不要超过新的限速。

来自《简明英汉词典》

18. Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous.
党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。

来自《简明英汉词典》

19. Please pitch the tune in a lower key.
请把调门儿定低点儿。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

20. Quotas of the means of production are allocated by the higher administrative bodies to the lower ones.
物资指标按隶属关系分配。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》