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lowlier

英['ləʊli] 美['loʊli]
  • adj.地位低的;卑下的;谦卑的adv.位置低下地;低声地;谦逊地
lowlier lowliest lowliness

详细释义

Adjective:
  1. low or inferior in station or quality;

    "a humble cottage"
    "a lowly parish priest"
    "a modest man of the people"
    "small beginnings"

  2. inferior in rank or status;

    "the junior faculty"
    "a lowly corporal"
    "petty officialdom"
    "a subordinate functionary"

  3. used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

  4. of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense);

    "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"
    "of humble (or lowly) birth"

双语例句

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. He was not ashamed of his lowly origins.
      他并不以自己出身低微为耻。
    2. The words of the lowly carry little weight.
      人微言轻。
    3. The most lowly people of society became dignified beings in Millet's paintings.
      社会中最卑微的人,却成为米勒画中有尊严的生命。
    4. The saint had a lowly heart.
      圣人有谦诚之心。
    5. His parents are country people with a lowly heart.
      他的父母是乡下人,心地谦逊。
    用作副词 (adv.)
    1. Please read it follow me lowly.
      你们可以轻声跟读。
    2. It's bowed lowly before the queen.
      他向皇后请卑地鞠躬行礼。

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