lower

lower

['ləuə,'lauə]

adj.低的, 下级的, 下层的
v.降低, 减弱, 跌落

例句与用法：

The meat will scorch if you don't lower the gas.

如果你不把煤气调小一点，肉就要焦了。

They had to lower their sights and buy a smaller house than they would have liked.

他们原来想买一所大房子，後来不得不降低要求买一所较小的。

We didn't win the contract: we were pipped at the post by a firm whose price was lower.

我们未得到那份合同的生意，最後是让一家出价低的公司击败了我们。

Don't lower yourself by asking him for help.

不要向他求助以免降低身分。

Speak to her? I'd never lower myself.

跟她说话？我可不自贬人格。

Tom was lying on the lower bunk.

汤姆躺在下铺。

The deer lowered its head to drink from the pond.

鹿低下头去喝池塘里的水。

词形变化：

副词: loweringly | 异体字: lour | 动词过去式: lowered/loured | 动词过去分词: lowered/loured | 动词现在分词: lowering/louring | 动词第三人称单数: lowers/lours |

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a.[B]

1. 较低的

He belongs to the lower middle class.

他来自中产阶级下层。

2. 低级的; 下等的; 下部的

The lower berth is more convenient.

下铺更为方便。

3. 下游的

The lower valley of the river is often flooded.

该河下游区域常遭洪水。

4. 南部的

He lives in lower Manhattan.

他住在曼哈顿南部。

vt.

1. 放下, 降下; 放低

He lowered a bucket into the well to get some water.

他将水桶放下井去取些水。

2. 减低; 减弱

We have to lower our expenses.

我们得减少开支。

3. 贬低

He would never lower himself by taking bribes.

他决不会贬低自己的身份接受贿赂的。

vi.

降落; 降低; 减弱

Food prices lowered during the fall.

秋天食品价格下降了。

vi.

1. (天空等)变得阴沉

2. 皱眉头, 现出愁容[(+at/on/upon)]