lower-主題

lower

['ləuə,'lauə]

adj.低的, 下級的, 下層的 
v.降低, 減弱, 跌落

例句與用法：

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

如果你不把煤氣調小一點，肉就要焦了。

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

他們原來想買一所大房子，後來不得不降低要求買一所較小的。

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

我們未得到那份合同的生意，最後是讓一家出價低的公司擊敗了我們。

Don't lower yourself by asking him for help.

不要向他求助以免降低身份。

Speak to her? I'd never lower myself.

跟她說話？我可不自貶人格。

Tom was lying on the lower bunk.

湯姆躺在下鋪。

The deer lowered its head to drink from the pond.

鹿低下頭去喝池塘裡的水。

詞形變化：

副詞: loweringly | 異體字: lour | 動詞過去式: lowered/loured | 動詞過去分詞: lowered/loured | 動詞現在分詞: lowering/louring | 動詞第三人稱單數: lowers/lours |

英文解釋:

名詞 lower:

the lower of two berths

同義詞：lower berth

動詞 lower:

move something or somebody to a lower position

同義詞：take down, let down, get down, bring down

set lower

同義詞：lour

cause to drop or sink

同義詞：depress

make lower or quieter

同義詞：turn down, lour

look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval

同義詞：frown, glower, lour

形容詞 low:

less than normal in degree or intensity or amount

同義詞：low

literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension

同義詞：low

very low in volume

同義詞：low, low-toned

unrefined in character

同義詞：low

used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency

同義詞：low, low-pitched

of the most contemptible kind

同義詞：abject, low, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy

low or inferior in station or quality

同義詞：humble, low, lowly, modest, small

no longer sufficient

同義詞：depleted, low

subdued or brought low in condition or status

同義詞：broken, crushed, humbled, humiliated, low

low in spirits

同義詞：blue, depressed, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited

being the gear producing the lowest drive speed

同義詞：first, low

同義詞

drop | bring down | let down | decrease | let fall | lessen | reduce | cut | inferior | junior | lesser | minor | poorer | subordinate | worse | hand down | depress | plunge | immerse | douse | vail | submerge | submerse | bury | descend | dip | sink | lour | diminish | abate | bate | mitigate | alleviate | frown | allay | appease | relieve | glower | ease | soften | cushion | quell | minimize | extenuate | downgrade | modify | shorten | depreciate | devaluate | demote | declass | disrate | disbar | defrock | depose | dishonor | droop | sag | flag | swag | slope | incline | stoop | get down | slump | dive | take down | nose dive | darken | darkle | turn down | dusk | blacken | lower berth | gloom | becloud | overshadow | shadow | dim | threaten | pout | sulk | mope | scowl | glare | modulate | subdue | muffle | deaden | dull | mute | stifle | throttle | suppress | repress | degrade | debase | abase | defame | vitiate | discredit | devalue | detract | belittle | demean | deflate | derogate | taint | humble | humiliate | disgrace | subside | moderate | dwindle | intermit | cease | decline | wane | fade away | ebb | slacken | weaken | fail | languish |

反義詞

raise | heighten | upper |

以上來源於大辭典