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Low Adj Graded Bottom 例:She Amount Light Small Describe

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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