| 单词 | low |
|---|---|
| 音标 | 英[ləʊ] 美[loʊ] |
| 解释 | adj.低的,矮小的;楼下的,低洼的;沮丧的;下贱的;adv.低声地;谦卑地;底下地;n.低点;低水平;牛的叫声;vi.(牛)哞哞叫; |
| 例句 | ADJ-GRADED (高度)低的,矮的 Something that is low measures only a short distance from the bottom to the top, or from the ground to the top. 例:...the low garden wall that separated the front garden from next door...把前花园和隔壁隔开的低矮的花园围墙 例:She put it down on the low table...她把它放在了矮桌上。 ADJ-GRADED (位置)低的,近地面的,近底部的 If something is low, it is close to the ground, to sea level, or to the bottom of something. 例:He bumped his head on the low beams...他的头碰到了低梁上。 例:It was late afternoon and the sun was low in the sky...当时是傍晚时分,太阳低悬于空中。 ADJ-GRADED 水位低的;水浅的 When a river is low, it contains less water than usual. 例:...pumps that guarantee a constant depth of water even when the supplying river is low.确保供水河水位较低时水深仍能处于既定水平的水泵 ADJ-GRADED (数量)少的,接近等级下限的 You can use low to indicate that something is small in amount or that it is at the bottom of a particular scale. You can use phrases such as in the low 80s to indicate that a number or level is less than 85 but not as little as 80. 例:British casualties remained remarkably low...英国的伤亡人数始终很低。 例:They are still having to live on very low incomes...他们现在还得靠微薄的收入过日子。 ADJ-GRADED (地位)低微的,低下的 Low is used to describe people who are not considered to be very important because they are near the bottom of a particular scale or system. 例:She refused to promote Colin above the low rank of 'legal adviser'.她拒绝把科林由“法律顾问”这一低级别往上提。 N-COUNT 低点;最低点 If something reaches a low of a particular amount or degree, that is the smallest it has ever been. 例:Eventually my weight stabilised at seven and a half stone after dropping to a low of five and a half stone...我的体重在降到5.5英石的最低点后,最终稳定在7.5英石。 例:The dollar fell to a new low.美元跌至新低。 ADJ-GRADED (汽车或自行车的排挡)低速的,低挡的 If you drive or ride a bicycle in a low gear, you use a gear, usually first or second, which gives you the most control over your car or bicycle when travelling slowly. 例:She selected a low gear and started down the track carefully.她选了低速挡小心翼翼地沿小径下行。 ADJ-GRADED (质量或标准)低的,差的 If the quality or standard of something is low, it is very poor. 例:A school would not accept low-quality work from any student...学校不会接受任何学生质量不合格的作业。 例:The inquiry team criticises staff at the psychiatric hospital for the low standard of care.调查小组批评该精神病院的员工护理水平低劣。 ADJ-GRADED 成分少的;含量低的 If a food or other substance is low in a particular ingredient, it contains only a small amount of that ingredient. 例:They look for foods that are low in calories.他们要找低卡路里的食物。 ADJ-GRADED 落后的;后进的 If you describe someone such as a student or a worker as a low achiever, you mean that they are not very good at their work, and do not achieve or produce as much as others. 例:Low achievers in schools will receive priority.重点将放在学校里的后进生身上。 例:...if there are strikes by unrewarded low performers.如果业绩落后、得不到报偿的工人罢工的话 ADJ-GRADED (评论)贬低的,轻蔑的 If you have a low opinion of someone or something, you disapprove of them or dislike them. 例:The majority of sex offenders have a low opinion of themselves...大多数性犯罪者都瞧不起自己。 例:I have an extremely low opinion of the British tabloid newspapers.我对英国小报完全没有好感。 ADJ-GRADED 消沉的;消极的 You can use low to describe negative feelings and attitudes. 例:We are all very tired and morale is low...我们大家都非常疲惫,士气低落。 例:People had very low expectations.人们几乎不抱什么期望。 ADJ-GRADED (声音或嗓音)低沉的 If a sound or noise is low, it is deep. 例:Then suddenly she gave a low, choking moan and began to tremble violently...她突然发出一声低沉、憋闷的呻吟,身体开始剧烈地颤抖。 例:My voice has got so low now I was mistaken for a man the other day on the phone.我的声音变得很低沉,以至于前几天在电话里被人误以为是男人。 ADJ-GRADED 悄声的;轻声的 If someone's voice is low, it is quiet or soft. 例:Her voice was so low he had to strain to catch it.她的声音很低,他很费力才听得到。 ADJ-GRADED (光线)暗淡的,微弱的 A light that is low is not bright or strong. 例:Their eyesight is poor in low light.光线很暗时他们视力不佳。 ADJ-GRADED (收音机、烤炉、灯光等调节至)低挡的,低强度的 If a radio, oven, or light is on low, it has been adjusted so that only a small amount of sound, heat, or light is produced. 例:She turned her little kitchen radio on low...她把厨房用小收音机的音量调低。 例:Buy a dimmer switch and keep the light on low, or switch it off altogether...买一个调光开关,把灯光调暗,或者干脆把灯关掉。 ADJ-GRADED 不足的;短缺的;剩余不多的 If you are low on something or if a supply of it is low, there is not much of it left. 例:We're a bit low on bed linen...我们的被单枕套有点不够了。 例:World stocks of wheat were getting very low.全球小麦储备严重不足。 ADJ-GRADED 沮丧的;不开心的 If you are low, you are depressed. 例:'I didn't ask for this job, you know,' he tells friends when he is low.“你知道,我可没主动要求要干这份工作,”他情绪低落时会这样跟朋友说。 PHRASE 使衰弱;使病倒 If a disease or illness lays you low, it makes you weak or ill. 例:...an undiagnosed medical condition that laid him low for months.使他病倒了好几个月的未确诊疾病 PHRASE 不露面;不引起注意;保持低调 If you are lying low, you are hiding or not drawing attention to yourself. 例:Far from lying low, Kuti became more outspoken than ever.库蒂不但没暂避风头,而且较以往更加直言不讳。 |
| 变形 | third:lows~done:lowed~pl:lows~est:lowest~ing:lowing~er:lower~past:lowed~ |
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