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.

    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。