lower是什么意思？

lower

英[ˈləʊə(r)] 美[ˈloʊə(r)]

• adj. 下方的，在底部的，较低级的；
• v. 降低，减少，缩小；

过去式：lowered;

过去分词：lowered;

现在分词：lowering;

第三人称单数：lowers;

例句

• lower quadrant 下象限
• The directors are clearly responsible for what happened, but they’re sure to find a whipping boy lower down the company. 虽然这事显然是主管的责任，但他们肯定会从公司下层里找一个替罪羊。
• I’ve got a nagging pain in my lower back. 我后背下方老是疼。
• The carbon14 atoms oxidise to carbon dioxide which gets blown about and mixed up with lower atmosphere. 碳14原子氧化生成二氧化碳，向四周散去并与低空的大气混合。
• The morale of the enemy troops is sinking lower every day. 敌军的士气日益低落。
• He’s suffering from an acute infection of the lower respiratory tract. 他患有急性下呼吸道感染。
• This price is his minimum; he refuses to lower it any further. 这个价格是他开的最低价, 他拒绝再作任何降价。
• Her voice had sunk even lower as she went on. 她的声音越来越低。
• He signed her to lower her voice. 他摆摆手要她把声音放低点。
• We often divide a river into three parts, that is the upper, middle and lower reaches. 我们经常把一条河分成三部分:上游、中游和下游。

词组

• lower the boom on
  (N. Amer. informal)treat (someone) severely (北美，非正式)严厉对待

英语四级真题

It allows for economic efficiency, and when we buy things from places that have lower production costs than we do, we benefit.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文
Place the tea on a lower shelf next time.
出自-2014年6月听力原文
They also calculated the cost savings emerging from the amount of disease that would be avoided because of lower blood pressure
出自-2013年6月阅读原文

英语六级真题

A 2012 press release from Statistics Sweden bears the title "Gender Equality in Sweden Treading(踩)Water" and notes: 1、The total income from employment for all ages is lower for women than for men
出自-2014年6月阅读原文
a parent, relative, friend, or doctor outside the family, had higher self-esteem, higher grades, and lower substance use than peers whose role models were sports figures, singers, or other media characters.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
They will be lower than conventional parking.
出自-2013年6月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-COMPAR
  （成对物中）下方的，下面的
  You can use lower to refer to the bottom one of a pair of things.
  例句
  She bit her lower lip. 她咬了咬下唇。 ...the lower deck of the bus... 公共汽车的下层
• ADJ-COMPAR
  底端的；底部的
  You can use lower to refer to the bottom part of something.
  例句
  Use a small cushion to help give support to the lower back. 用一个小靠垫帮助支撑腰部。 ...fires which started in the lower part of a tower block. 从塔楼底部开始烧起的大火
• ADJ-COMPAR
  较低级的；低等的
  You can use lower to refer to people or things that are less important than similar people or things.
  例句
  Already the awards are causing resentment in the lower ranks of council officers... 奖项已使政务委员会的低层官员们愤愤不平。 The nation's highest court reversed the lower court's decision... 该国最高法院已推翻了下级法院的判决。
• VERB
  （缓慢地）降下，放下
  If you lower something, you move it slowly downwards.
  例句
  Two reporters had to help lower the coffin into the grave... 两名记者不得不帮忙把灵柩慢慢地放进墓穴中。 Sokolowski lowered himself into the black leather chair... 索科洛夫斯基缓缓地坐到黑色皮椅上。
• VERB
  降低；减少；减弱
  If you lower something, you make it less in amount, degree, value, or quality.
  例句
  The Central Bank has lowered interest rates by 2 percent... 中央银行已将利率调低了两个百分点。 This drug lowers cholesterol levels by binding fats in the intestine. 这种药通过黏合肠内的脂肪降低胆固醇水平。
• VERB
  垂下，低下（头或眼睛）
  If someone lowers their head or eyes, they look downwards, for example because they are sad or embarrassed.
  例句
  She lowered her head and brushed past photographers as she went back inside... 她再次回到里面时低着头，与摄影师擦身而过。 She lowered her gaze to the hands in her lap. 她低头盯着放在大腿上的双手。
• VERB
  降低，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.
  例句
  Don't lower yourself, don't be the way they are... 不要自贬身份,不要学他们那样。 I've got no qualms about lowering myself to Lemmer's level to get what I want. 为得到我想要的东西，我一点都不忌讳把自己降格到跟莱麦尔一样。
• V-ERG
  压低，放低（声音）
  If you lower your voice or if your voice lowers, you speak more quietly.
  例句
  The man moved closer, lowering his voice... 那个男子靠上前去，压低了声音。 His voice lowers confidentially. 他神秘地压低了嗓音。

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  较低的, 低等的
  The lower classes are always with us. 我们总是和下层社会人民在一起。
• vt. & vi.
  (使)降低; (使)跌落
  The sun lowers in the west. 太阳从西边落下。
• vt.
  削弱; 削减
  A cold had lowered her resistance. 感冒已削弱了她的抵抗力。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the lower of two berths
• Verb
  1. move something or somebody to a lower position;
  "take down the vase from the shelf"
  2. set lower;
  "lower a rating""lower expectations"
  3. cause to drop or sink;
  "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir"
  4. make lower or quieter;
  "turn down the volume of a radio"
  5. look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval
• Adjective
  1. (usually preceded by `no') lower in esteem;
  "no less a person than the king himself"
  2. inferior in rank or status;
  "the junior faculty""a lowly corporal""petty officialdom""a subordinate functionary"
  3. the bottom one of two;
  "he chose the lower number"
  4. of the underworld;
  "nether regions"

行业词典

• 体育： 放下；落下；降下；