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lower adj.低的；下级的；下层的v.降低；减弱；跌落 (1) 出版商付给他雇佣的文人很低的费用。(2) 他因羞愧而低下了头。(3) 下级服从上级。(4) 他来自中产阶级下层。(5) 流浪汉生活在社会的下层。(6) 不要向他求助以免降低身分。(7) 如果你不把煤气调小一点，肉就要焦了。(8) 跟她说话？我可不自贬人格。(9) 考试也使教学水平降低。 After cleaning your house's gutters, you'll climb down, lower the ladder, and put it away. After you've raised your hand in class and been called on, you will lower your hand again. Another way to lower something is to decrease the volume: "Will you please lower the sound on the TV? It's way too loud!" A less common meaning of lower is to scowl or glower, or to look stormy and dark.

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英 ['ləʊə(r)] 美 ['loʊər] (1) The publisher paid his hacks low.(2) He because of bashful but low head.(3) The lower level is subordinate to the higher level.(4) He belongs to the lower middle class.(5) Tramps are in a low stratum of society.(6) Don't lower yourself by asking him for help.(7) The meat will scorch if you don't lower the gas.(8) Speak to her? I'd never lower myself.(9) Examinations also lower the standards of teaching. To lower is to move something downward. When you go to sleep at night, you lower your head onto your pillow (unless you are a horse; in that case, you don't lower anything and sleep standing up). 1[ADJ-COMPAR 形容词比较级形式]（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.   [ADJ n]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。...the lower of the two holes.两个洞中下面的那个2[ADJ-COMPAR 形容词比较级形式]底端的；底部的 You can use lower to refer to the bottom part of something.   [ADJ n]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 形容词比较级形式]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.   [ADJ n]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 动词]（缓慢地）降下，放下 If you lower something, you move it slowly downwards.   [V n prep/adv]  [V pron-refl prep/adv]  [V n]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 动词]降低；减少；减弱 If you lower something, you make it less in amount, degree, value, or quality.   [V n]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 动词]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.   [V n]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 动词]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.   [V pron-refl]  [V pron-refl to n]  [oft with brd-neg]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 及物/不及物动词]压低，放低（声音） If you lower your voice or if your voice lowers, you speak more quietly.   [V n]  [V]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。9See also:low；

英语单词	lower
英美音标	英 ['ləʊə(r)] 美 ['loʊər]
中文释义	adj.低的；下级的；下层的 v.降低；减弱；跌落
英语例句	(1) The publisher paid his hacks low. (2) He because of bashful but low head. (3) The lower level is subordinate to the higher level. (4) He belongs to the lower middle class. (5) Tramps are in a low stratum of society. (6) Don't lower yourself by asking him for help. (7) The meat will scorch if you don't lower the gas. (8) Speak to her? I'd never lower myself. (9) Examinations also lower the standards of teaching.
中文例句	(1) 出版商付给他雇佣的文人很低的费用。 (2) 他因羞愧而低下了头。 (3) 下级服从上级。 (4) 他来自中产阶级下层。 (5) 流浪汉生活在社会的下层。 (6) 不要向他求助以免降低身分。 (7) 如果你不把煤气调小一点，肉就要焦了。 (8) 跟她说话？我可不自贬人格。 (9) 考试也使教学水平降低。
vocabulary简明	To lower is to move something downward. When you go to sleep at night, you lower your head onto your pillow (unless you are a horse; in that case, you don't lower anything and sleep standing up).
vocabulary扩展	After cleaning your house's gutters, you'll climb down, lower the ladder, and put it away. After you've raised your hand in class and been called on, you will lower your hand again. Another way to lower something is to decrease the volume: "Will you please lower the sound on the TV? It's way too loud!" A less common meaning of lower is to scowl or glower, or to look stormy and dark.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-COMPAR 形容词比较级形式]（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. [ADJ n] 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。 ...the lower of the two holes. 两个洞中下面的那个 2 [ADJ-COMPAR 形容词比较级形式]底端的；底部的 You can use lower to refer to the bottom part of something. [ADJ n] 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 形容词比较级形式]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. [ADJ n] 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 动词]（缓慢地）降下，放下 If you lower something, you move it slowly downwards. [V n prep/adv] [V pron-refl prep/adv] [V n] 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 动词]降低；减少；减弱 If you lower something, you make it less in amount, degree, value, or quality. [V n] 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 动词]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. [V n] 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 动词]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. [V pron-refl] [V pron-refl to n] [oft with brd-neg] 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 及物/不及物动词]压低，放低（声音） If you lower your voice or if your voice lowers, you speak more quietly. [V n] [V] 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 ；

Lower N [V Ed Verb 动词 Ing Head