low
- adj.低的;（数量等）减少的，缩减的;低下的;在底部的;矮的;低声的;不好的;暗淡的;虚弱的;低速挡的;不诚实;领口开得低的;近底部的;低于通常（或平均）数量（或水平、价值）的;离地面近的;低于通常（或期望）标准的
- adv.低;向下;低声地;在靠近…底部的位置;向…底部;低于通常(或期望)的水平
- n.低点;低水平;(一生或事业中的)艰难时期，低谷;低气压区;低数目
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复数： lows 最高级： lowest 比较级： lower 过去式： lowed 现在分词： lowing 过去分词： lowed 第三人称单数： lows
lowadj.
低；矮 not high/tall
低的；矮的；离地面近的
not high or tall; not far above the ground
a low wall/building/table
矮墙 / 建筑物 / 桌子
a low range of hills
低矮的冈峦
low clouds
低云
flying at low altitude
低空飞行
The sun was low in the sky.
太阳低挂在天空。
接近底部 near bottom
在底部的；近底部的
at or near the bottom of sth
low back pain
腰疼
the lower slopes of the mountain
山麓斜坡
temperatures in the low 20s (= no higher than 21–23˚)
略高于20度的温度
衣服 clothing
领口开得低的
not high at the neck
a dress with a low neckline
领口低的连衣裙
水平；价值 level/value
低于通常（或平均）数量（或水平、价值）的
below the usual or average amount, level or value
low prices
低价
low-income families
低收入家庭
a low-cost airline
低成本运作的航空公司
the lowest temperature ever recorded
有记录以来最低的温度
a low level of unemployment
较低的失业水平
Yogurt is usually very low in fat.
酸奶的脂肪含量通常很低。
low-fat yogurt
低脂酸奶
low-tar cigarettes
焦油含量低的纸烟
（数量等）减少的，缩减的；不足的
having a reduced amount or not enough of sth
The reservoir was low after the long drought.
久旱之后水库的水位下降了。
Our supplies are running low (= we only have a little left) .
我们的供给品快用完了。
They were low on fuel.
他们的燃料快耗尽了。
声音 sound
低声的；小声的；轻声的
not high; not loud
The cello is lower than the violin.
大提琴的声音比小提琴低沉。
They were speaking in low voices.
他们在低声说话。
标准 standard
低于通常（或期望）标准的
below the usual or expected standard
students with low marks/grades in their exams
考试得分低的学生
a low standard of living
生活水平低
地位 status
低下的；次要的；低等的
below other people or things in importance or status
low forms of life (= creatures with a very simple structure)
低等生物
jobs with low status
社会地位低下的职业
Training was given a very low priority.
培训被摆在了非常次要的地位。
the lower classes of society
下层社会
沮丧 depressed
虚弱的；沮丧的；消沉的；无精打采的
weak or depressed; with very little energy
I'm feeling really low.
我现在很消沉。
They were in low spirits.
他们精神不振。
看法 opinion
不好的；差的
not very good
She has a very low opinion of her own abilities.
她认为自己的能力很差。
不诚实 not honest
不诚实；不正直的
not honest
He mixes with some pretty low types.
他和一些不三不四的人厮混在一起。
光线 light
暗淡的；微弱的
not bright
The lights were low and romance was in the air.
灯光暗淡，弥漫着浪漫情调。
交通工具 in vehicle
低速挡的
if a vehicle is in low gear , it travels at a slower speed in relation to the speed of the engine
语音学 phonetics
in a poor state; worse than usual
教师的精神面貌不佳。
Morale among teachers is at a low ebb.
to lose your wealth or your high position in society
if sb is laid low by/with an injury or illness, they feel very weak and are unable to do much
people who are not respected at all because they are dishonest, immoral or not at all important
the amount of attention sb/sth has from the public
近几个月来，这个议题一直是关注的焦点。
This issue has had a high profile in recent months.
I advised her to keep a low profile for the next few days (= not to attract attention) .
我建议她未来几天保持低姿态。
adv.
不高 not high
低；向下；不高
in or into a low position, not far above the ground
to crouch/bend low
蹲下；俯身
a plane flying low over the town
在城市上方低空飞行的飞机
low-flying aircraft
低空飞行的飞机
The sun sank lower towards the horizon.
太阳渐渐西沉。
接近底部 near bottom
在靠近…底部的位置；向…底部
in or into a position near the bottom of sth
a window set low in the wall
窗台低的窗户
The candles were burning low.
蜡烛快点完了。
水平 level
低于通常（或期望）的水平
at a level below what is usual or expected
low-priced goods
低价商品
a low-powered PC
低性能的个人电脑
a very low-scoring game
得分很低的比赛
声音 sound
低声地；小声地
not high; not loudly
He's singing an octave lower than the rest of us.
他唱的比我们其他人都低八度。
Can you turn the music lower─you'll wake the baby.
能不能把音乐放小点，别把孩子吵醒了。
everywhere
我到处找我的钱包。
I've searched high and low for my purse.
to try not to attract attention to yourself
to have such low moral standards that you do sth very bad
偷到你的朋友头上了？你怎么能堕落到这种地步呢？
Stealing from your friends? How could you sink so low?
I can't believe that anyone would sink to such depths.
我无法相信竟然有人能堕落到这种程度。
to drop your moral standards far enough to do sth bad or unpleasant
她无法相信真有人会龌龊到这种地步，竟然从一个死去的女人手指上偷戒指。
She was unwilling to believe anyone would stoop so low as to steal a ring from a dead woman's finger.
noun
水平；价值 level/value
低水平；低点；低数目
a low level or point; a low figure
The yen has fallen to an all-time low against the dollar.
日元对美元的比价已跌至空前的低点。
The temperature reached a record low in London last night.
昨晚伦敦的气温降到了有记录以来的最低点。
The government's popularity has hit a new low.
政府的声望降到了一个新的低点。
艰难时期 difficult time
（一生或事业中的）艰难时期，低谷
a very difficult time in sb's life or career
The break-up of her marriage marked an all-time low in her life.
她婚姻的破裂标志着她进入了一生中空前艰难的时期。
天气 weather
低气压区
an area of low pressure in the atmosphere
Another low is moving in from the Atlantic.
另一个低气压区正从大西洋逼近。
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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....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
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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.He bumped his head on the low beams...
他的头碰到了低梁上。
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ADJ-GRADED 水位低的；水浅的
When a river is low, it contains less water than usual....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
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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.British casualties remained remarkably low...
英国的伤亡人数始终很低。
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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.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。
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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.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。
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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.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。
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ADJ-GRADED （质量或标准）低的，差的
If the quality or standard of something is low, it is very poor.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。
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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.They look for foods that are low in calories.
他们要找低卡路里的食物。
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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.Low achievers in schools will receive priority.
重点将放在学校里的后进生身上。
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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.The majority of sex offenders have a low opinion of themselves...
大多数性犯罪者都瞧不起自己。
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ADJ-GRADED 消沉的；消极的
You can use low to describe negative feelings and attitudes.We are all very tired and morale is low...
我们大家都非常疲惫，士气低落。
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ADJ-GRADED （声音或嗓音）低沉的
If a sound or noise is low, it is deep.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。
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ADJ-GRADED 悄声的；轻声的
If someone's voice is low, it is quiet or soft.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。
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ADJ-GRADED （光线）暗淡的，微弱的
A light that is low is not bright or strong.Their eyesight is poor in low light.
光线很暗时他们视力不佳。
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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.She turned her little kitchen radio on low...
她把厨房用小收音机的音量调低。
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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.We're a bit low on bed linen...
我们的被单枕套有点不够了。
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ADJ-GRADED 沮丧的；不开心的
If you are low, you are depressed.'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。
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PHRASE 使衰弱；使病倒
If a disease or illness lays you low, it makes you weak or ill....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
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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.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。
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to look high and low→ see:high
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- the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle;used to start a car moving
- Synonym: first gear first low gear
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- a low level or position or degree
- the stock market fell to a new low
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- an air mass of lower pressure;often brings precipitation
- a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow
- Synonym: depression
verb
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- make a low noise, characteristic of bovines
- Synonym: moo
adj
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- filled with melancholy and despondency
- gloomy at the thought of what he had to face
- gloomy predictions
- a gloomy silence
- took a grim view of the economy
- the darkening mood
- lonely and blue in a strange city
- depressed by the loss of his job
- a dispirited and resigned expression on her face
- downcast after his defeat
- feeling discouraged and downhearted
- Synonym: gloomy grim blue depressed dispirited down(p) downcast downhearted down in the mouth low-spirited
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- of the most contemptible kind
- abject cowardice
- a low stunt to pull
- a low-down sneak
- his miserable treatment of his family
- You miserable skunk!
- a scummy rabble
- a scurvy trick
- Synonym: abject low-down miserable scummy scurvy
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- literal meanings;being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension
- low ceilings
- low clouds
- low hills
- the sun is low
- low furniture
- a low bow
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- less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
- low prices
- the reservoir is low
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- used of sounds and voices;low in pitch or frequency
- Synonym: low-pitched
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- very low in volume
- a low murmur
- the low-toned murmur of the surf
- Synonym: low-toned
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- subdued or brought low in condition or status
- brought low
- a broken man
- his broken spirit
- Synonym: broken crushed humbled humiliated
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- unrefined in character
- low comedy
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- no longer sufficient
- supplies are low
- our funds are depleted
- Synonym: depleted
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- low or inferior in station or quality
- a humble cottage
- a lowly parish priest
- a modest man of the people
- small beginnings
- Synonym: humble lowly modest small
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- in a low position;near the ground
- the branches hung low
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Modern plastics can stand very high and very low temperatures .
新型塑料能承受很高和很低的温度。
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Insects are fairly low down the food chain .
在食物链中，昆虫是相当低的一级生物。
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The standard of this year 's applications is very low .
今年的申请标准很低。
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I wouldn 't lower myself by working for him .
我不会贬低自己的身份去为他工作。
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This drug is used to lower blood pressure .
这种药用于降血压。
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Water supplies to the house are at low pressure .
这房子的供水水压低。
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It was concluded that the level of change necessary would be low .
结论是，需要作出的变更程度很低。
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There were low banks of earth between the rice fields .
稻田之间有低矮的田埂。
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Market research has shown us that people want quality , not just low prices .
市场研究告诉我们，人们需要的是高质量，而不仅仅是低价格。
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Company profits were 5 % lower than last year .
公司的利润比去年降低了5%。
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The temperature reached a record low in London last night .
昨晚伦敦的气温降到了有记录以来的最低点。
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This exercise will work the muscles of the lower back .
这样的运动可以锻炼腰部的肌肉。
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He had to lower his head to get through the door .
他得低头才能过这道门。
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Their standard of living is very low .
他们的生活水平很低。
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8 is the lowest common multiple of 8 and 4 .
8是8和4的最小公倍数。
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The test was pitched at too low a level for the students .
这次考试太低估学生的程度了。
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The text is all in lower case .
正文一律用小写字体。
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I 've searched high and low for those files .
我为了找那些文件，四处都翻遍了。
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The reservoir was low after the long drought .
久旱之后水库的水位下降了。
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She used low cunning to get what she wanted .
她用了卑鄙的欺诈手段来获取她想得到的东西。
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She has a very low opinion of her own abilities .
她认为自己的能力很差。
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There are extra benefits for people on low wages .
低薪者有额外补助。
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It 's only a low wall ─ about a metre high .
那只不过是一堵矮墙——约一米高。
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The government failed to keep its promise of lower taxes .
政府未能兑现减税的承诺。
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We 're talking about a figure in the low hundreds .
我们谈论的是一个两三百的数字。
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Many people on low incomes will be hurt by the government 's plans .
很多低收入的人将受到政府这些方案的打击。
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Cook the meat on a low heat on top of the range .
把肉放在炉灶上用文火炖着。
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The lights were low and romance was in the air .
灯光暗淡，弥漫着浪漫情调。
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The euro hit a record low in trading today .
今天欧元的兑换价降到了历史最低水平。
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Where people were concerned , his threshold of boredom was low .
涉及人的事情，他便极易感到厌烦。
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