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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

lower

英  [ˈləʊə]
    

[ADJ, VERB]

    ADJ. 形容词
  • 1. （一对物品中）下面的

    You can use lower to refer to the bottom one of a pair of things.

    双语例句

    例：

    She bit her lower lip.

    她咬着下唇。

    例：

    the lower of the two holes.

    两个洞中下面的那个。

    例：

    the lower deck of the bus.

    公共汽车的下面一层。

    2. 底部的

    You can use lower to refer to the bottom part of something.

    双语例句

    例：

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

    用一个小垫子来支撑腰部。

    例：

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

    从一座高层建筑的下层开始的火灾。

    3. 下等的 , 低级的

    You can use lower to refer to people or things that are less important than similar people or things.

    双语例句

    例：

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

    那些奖励已经引起委员会下层工作人员的不满。

    例：

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

    该国的最高法院推翻了下级法院的判决。

    VERB. 动词

  • lowers , lowering , lowered

    1. [T 及物动词] （缓慢地）放下 , 降下

    If you lower something, you move it slowly downwards.

    双语例句

    例：

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

    两名记者不得不帮忙把棺材放入墓穴中。

    例：

    Sokolowski lowered himself into the black leather chair.

    索科罗斯基缓缓地坐入黑皮椅里。

    2. [T 及物动词] 减少 , 降低

    If you lower something, you make it less in amount, degree, value, or quality.

    近义词

    drop , reduce , decrease , lessen , diminish

    反义词

    raise

    双语例句

    例：

    The Central Bank has lowered interest rates by 2 per cent.

    中央银行已经将利率下调了2。

    例：

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

    此药物将通过黏合肠道中的脂肪来降低胆固醇水平。

    3. [T 及物动词] 垂下

    If someone lowers their head or eyes, they look downward, for example, because they are sad or embarrassed.

    双语例句

    例：

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

    当她走回屋里时，她垂下了头，与摄影师擦肩而过。

    4. [T 及物动词] 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.

    双语例句

    例：

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

    不要贬低自己的身份，别像他们那样。

    5. [I 不及物动词] 放低（声音） , 降低

    If you lower your voice or if your voice lowers, you speak more quietly.

    双语例句

    例：

    The man moved closer, lowering his voice.

    那个男人走近了些，同时放低了声音。

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