low

[ləʊ] [loʊ]
  • 复数:lows;
  • 第三人称单数:lows;
  • 过去式:lowed;
  • 过去分词:lowed;
  • 现在分词:lowing;
  • 比较级:lower;
  • 最高级:lowest;
  • 例句
    同义词
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    同义词解析
    • 以下这些形容词均有"卑鄙的,卑贱的,卑下的" 的意思
      low指行为卑鄙、可耻、下文明,可引申指庸俗。
      mean暗示狠毒、贪婪、缺乏尊严感等为人们所不耻的卑鄙、自私、渺小的行为。
      cheap侧旨人或物的品质低劣下贱。
      shabby指行为的不公和卑劣而使人感到不屑和轻蔑。
    词组
    • the lowest of the low
      the people regarded as the most immoral or socially inferior of all 品德最差或社会最底层的人,社会渣滓
    英语四级真题
    • Although these numbers appear low, it is much higher than if people try without support.
      出自-2017年6月阅读原文
    • To lower domestic food prices, some countries limited or stopped their grain exports.
      出自-2016年6月阅读原文
    • As incomes rise among low-income consumers, the potential for further grain consumption is huge.
      出自-2016年6月阅读原文
    • As a matter of fact, consumers expressed higher satisfaction with the one-star facilities, the lowest rated, than with the five-star ones.
      出自-2016年6月阅读原文
    • Students who don’t get enough sleep have poor attendance and lower grades.
      出自-2016年6月听力原文
    • But it’s one of many low- tech fixes for high-tech failures that people without engineering degrees have discovered, often out of desperation and shared.
      出自-2016年6月听力原文
    • They had negative views of effort, believing that having to work hard was a sign of low ability.
      出自-2016年12月阅读原文
    • The author's experiment shows that students with a fixed mind-set believe having to work hard is an indication of low ability.
      出自-2016年12月阅读原文
    • Sara Johnson acknowledges that the global economic benefit from a fall in oil prices today is likely lower than it was in the past.
      出自-2016年12月阅读原文
    • Manufacturers can produce consumer goods at a much lower cost.
      出自-2016年12月阅读原文
    • Lower oil prices have always given a big boost to the global economy.
      出自-2016年12月阅读原文
    • In the past, falling oil prices have given a boost to the world economy, but recent forecasts for global growth have been toned down, even as oil prices sink lower and lower.
      出自-2016年12月阅读原文
    • In April, France passed a law setting lower limits for a model's weight.
      出自-2016年12月阅读原文
    • For workers, especially low-paid workers, who desperately need their jobs yet know they can be easily replaced, gamification may feel more like the Hunger Games.
      出自-2016年12月阅读原文
    • Does that mean the link between lower oil prices and growth has weakened?Some experts say there are still good reasons to believe cheap oil should heat up the world economy.
      出自-2016年12月阅读原文
    • He says the prices this year have been so low that he has made almost no profit.
      出自-2016年12月听力原文
    • His face went down lower and lower, and then, with complete joy he called out, Dad.
      出自-2015年12月阅读原文
    • Before you brush this argument aside as rubbish, or think of joy as an unaffordable luxury in a nation where there is awful poverty, low academic achievement, and high dropout rates, think again.
      出自-2015年12月阅读原文
    • The low-sodium, low- fat frozen dinners sold much better than expected.
      出自-2015年12月听力原文
    • According to the firm’s vice-president of Marketing and Sales, We benefited from low expectations.
      出自-2015年12月听力原文
    • 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
    • The value of listed shares in American firms collapsed by 57% from its peak in October 2007 to a low in March this year, though it has since bounced back somewhat.
      出自-2013年6月阅读原文
    • It requires no equipment, everyone knows how to do it and it carries the lowest risk of injury.
      出自-2013年6月阅读原文
    • But the 1980s brought new competition from Japanese film company Fuji Photo, which undermined Kodak by offering lower prices for film and photo supplies.
      出自-2013年6月阅读原文
    • 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
    • It helps us lower usage at peak power times," says solar expert Mike Keesee.
      出自-2013年6月阅读原文
    • Those with low self-esteem didn't feel better after the forced self-affirmation.
      出自-2010年6月阅读原文
    • People with low self-esteem seldom write down their true feelings
      出自-2010年6月阅读原文
    • Forcing a person to think positive thoughts may lower their self-esteem.
      出自-2010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
    • The pay offer by the travel agency is too low.
      出自-2013年12月听力原文
    • According to the firm's vice-president of Marketing and Sales, "We benefited from low expectations."
      2015年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C
    • According to the World Health Organization, 80 percent of deaths from heart disease and stroke are caused by high blood pressure, tobacco use, elevated cholesterol and low consumption of fruits and vegetables.
      2018年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
    • After new legislation demanded their removal from the roads, a low interest loan scheme was set up with three Egyptian banks so drivers could buy new cars.
      2015年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A
    • Although in-flight infections thrive in dry environments like airplanes, your risk of getting sick from an airplane is actually low because of the air filters used.
      2019年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section A
    • He says the prices this year have been so low that he has made almost no profit.
      2016年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section C
    • Now, the number of men working in the nursing sector has reached us seven-year low.
      2019年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section A
    • Overnight, Chicago reached a low of 21 degrees Fahrenheit below zero, making it slightly colder than Antarctica, Alaska, and the North Pole.
      2019年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
    • Taxes are low, so many businesses have their headquarters here.
      2016年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C
    • The average international runway model has a body mass index BMI under 16—low enough to indicate starvation by the World Health Organization's standard.
      2016年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
    • We can't do much to alter sedentary lifestyles, but we can provide consumers with great-tasting products, low in salt, sugar and fat.
      2018年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
    英语六级真题
    • While bullying is parents' greatest concern over all, nearly half of low-income parents worry their child will get shot, compared with one-fifth of high-income parents.
      出自-2017年6月阅读原文
    • Unfortunately, the current low prices for oil, gas, and coal may provide little incentive for research to find even cheaper substitutes for those fuels.
      出自-2017年6月阅读原文
    • These likely persistent forces, like the growth of shale ( ' , 页岩) oil, point to a low for long scenario.
      出自-2017年6月阅读原文
    • The reasoning behind this saying is that low oil prices discourage investment in new production capacity, eventually shifting the oil supply curve backward and bringing prices back up as existing oil fields—which can be tapped at relatively low marginal cost—are depleted.
      出自-2017年6月阅读原文
    • The prices of coal are low as a result of over-supply and decreasing demand.
      出自-2017年6月阅读原文
    • The dynamic adjustment to low oil prices may, however, be different this time around.
      出自-2017年6月阅读原文
    • The cycle continues: Poorer parents have less time and fewer resources to invest in their children, which can leave children less prepared for school and work, which leads to lower earnings.
      出自-2017年6月阅读原文
    • The current low fossil fuel price environment will thus certainly delay the energy transition from fossil fuel to clean energy sources.
      出自-2017年6月阅读原文
    • The North American shale gas boom has resulted in record low prices there.
      出自-2017年6月阅读原文
    • Teachers in low-income urban and rural areas with no history of participating in math competitions may not know about advanced-math opportunities like MathCounts—and those who do may not have support or feel trained to lead them.
      出自-2017年6月阅读原文
    • Social scientists say the differences arise in part because low-income parents have less money to spend on music class or preschool, and less flexible schedules to take children to museums or attend school events.
      出自-2017年6月阅读原文
    • Progress in the development of renewables could be fragile, however, if fossil fuel prices remain low for long.
      出自-2017年6月阅读原文
    • Policymakers should not allow low energy prices to derail the clean energy transition.
      出自-2017年6月阅读原文
    • Oil prices are expected to remain lower for longer.
      出自-2017年6月阅读原文
    • Notwithstanding important recent progress in developing renewable fuel sources, low fossil fuel prices could discourage further innovation in, and adoption of, cleaner energy technologies.
      出自-2017年6月阅读原文
    • Nearly half of high-earning, college-graduate parents enrolled their children in arts classes before they were 5, compared with one-fifth of low-income, lesseducated parents.
      出自-2017年6月阅读原文
    • Most affluent parents enroll their children in preschool or day care, while low-income parents are more likely to depend on family members.
      出自-2017年6月阅读原文
    • If you look at a lot of low-income communities in the United States, there are programs that are serving them, but they're primarily centered around ‘Let's get these kids' grades up,' and not around ‘Let's get these kids access to the same kinds of opportunities as more-affluent kids,' said Daniel Zaharopol, the founder and executive director of the program.
      出自-2017年6月阅读原文
    • If not corrected by the appropriate carbon price, low fossil fuel prices are not accurately signaling to markets the true social profitability of clean energy.
      出自-2017年6月阅读原文
    • Higher fossil fuel prices prove to be conducive to innovation and application of cleaner technologyIf fossil fuel prices remain low for a long time, it may lead to higher emissions of greenhouse gases.
      出自-2017年6月阅读原文
    • Fossil fuel prices are likely to stay low for long.
      出自-2017年6月阅读原文
    • Coal prices also are low, owing to over-supply and the scaling-down of demand, especially from China, which burns half of the world's coal.
      出自-2017年6月阅读原文
    • But efforts are in place to expose more black, Hispanic, and low-income students to advanced math, in the hope that the demographic pool of high-level contenders will eventually begin to shift and become less exclusive.
      出自-2017年6月阅读原文
    • Action to restore appropriate price incentives, notably through corrective carbon pricing, is urgently needed to lower the risk of irreversible and potentially devastating effects of climate change.
      出自-2017年6月阅读原文
    • A commonly held view in the oil industry is that the best cure for low oil prices is low oil prices.
      出自-2017年6月阅读原文
    • Research now says adding fiber to the teen diet may help lower the risk of breast cancer.
      出自-2017年6月听力原文
    • And the head-to-head competition might give them a strong incentive to lower their prices, perhaps by accepting slimmer profit margins or demanding better deals from providers.
      出自-2016年6月阅读原文
    • Now, a new study that began with about 1,000 children in New Zealand has tracked how a child’s low self-control can predict poor health, money troubles and even a criminal record in their adult years.
      出自-2016年6月听力原文
    • There's a lot for students to complain about: the repayment threshold for paying back loans will be frozen for five years, meaning that lower-paid graduates have to start repaying their loans; and maintenance grants have been replaced by loans, meaning that students from poorer backgrounds face higher debt than those with wealthier parents.
      出自-2016年12月阅读原文
    • The overwhelming majority of employees attribute their stress mainly to low pay and an excessive workload.
      出自-2016年12月阅读原文
    • The high-risk group and low-risk group are obvious.
      出自-2016年12月阅读原文
    • The group that scored high on all nine of the risk behaviors was most likely to show symptoms of depression; in all, nearly 15% of this group reported being depressed, compared with just 4% of the low-risk group.
      出自-2016年12月阅读原文
    • What Nijay didn't realize about his school—Tennessee State University — was its frighteningly low graduation rate: a mere 29 percent for its first-generation students.
      出自-2015年12月阅读原文
    • They underestimate themselves when selecting a university, said Dave Jarrat, a marketing executive for Inside Track, a for-profit organization that specializes in coaching low-income students and supporting colleges in order to help students thrive.
      出自-2015年12月阅读原文
    • The reality of it is that a lot of low-income kids could be going to elite universities on a full ride scholarship and don't even realize it.
      出自-2015年12月阅读原文
    • The graduation rate of first-generation students at Nijay's university was incredibly low.
      出自-2015年12月阅读原文
    • The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, for instance, admits only that the graduation rate for its first-generation pupils is much lower than the percentage of all students who graduate within four years ( ' , 81 percent).
      出自-2015年12月阅读原文
    • One of the ways in which all agents seem to make decisions is that they assign a lower weighting to outcomes that are going to be further away in the future, he says.
      出自-2015年12月阅读原文
    • Instead of skipping out on higher education altogether, they chose community colleges or state schools with low bars for admittance.
      出自-2015年12月阅读原文
    • Black people's socioeconomic status in America remains low.
      出自-2015年12月阅读原文
    • According to a marketing executive, many students from low-income families don't know they could have a chance of going to an elite university.
      出自-2015年12月阅读原文
    • A low wage for elementary school teachers, however, doesn't mean elementary education isn't important.
      2018年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C
    • And they were more likely to have a criminal record and to be raising a child as a single parent on a very low income.
      2016年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C
    • And we try to keep our expenses as low as we can.
      2016年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section A
    • But thinking about or remembering descriptions in terms of their social meaning activated the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex—part of the brain's social network—even as traditional memory regions registered low levels of activity.
      2018年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
    • Clothes and other items that need to be tried on such as diamond rings and gold necklaces are generally not suited to virtual retailing, and, of course, items with a low value- to-weight ratio.
      2015年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C
    • fish have a refuge in the streams and can expand into the lagoons when the lake is low and the lagoons are separate, Harper said All the lagoons join when the lake is high and fish must retreat to their stream refuges or die.
      2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
    • Gathering your resources to "try hard" requires burning energy in order to overcome your currently low arousal level.
      2018年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
    • Maybe you see low customer participation at first, or conversely, so much success that the cost of recycling becomes too high.
      2019年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
    • Now, a new study that began with about 1,000 children in New Zealand has tracked how a child's low self-control can predict poor health, money troubles and even a criminal record in their adult years.
      2016年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C
    • Steel's fragility at low temperatures first became a major concern during the Second World War.
      2019年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section A
    • The reasoning behind this saying is that low oil prices discourage investment in new production capacity, eventually shifting the oil supply curve backward and bringing prices back up as existing oil fields—which can be tapped at relatively low marginal c
      2017年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
    • These likely persistent forces, like the growth of shale oil, point to a "low for long" scenario.
      2017年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
    • They're primarily designed for Low Earth Orbit(LEO) an easily accessible region of space from around 200 to 800 miles above Earth, where human-tended missions like the Hubble Space Telescope and the International Space Station(ISS) hang out.
      2019年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
    • Three-quarters of the world's flamingos fly over from other salt lakes in the Rift Valley and nest on salt-crystal islands that appear when the water is at a specific level一too high and the birds can't build their nests, too low and predators can move bri
      2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
    • Whereas some of the low-self-control study members are more likely to be single parents with a very low income and the parent is in poor health and likely to be a heavy substance abuser.
      2016年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C
    • Yet, she noted, many young people are especially unwilling to take risks at school—afraid that one low test score or poor grade could cost them a spot at a selective university.
      2018年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
    柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
    英汉词典释义
    英英词典释义
    • Noun
      1. an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation;
      "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow"
      2. a low level or position or degree;
      "the stock market fell to a new low"
      3. the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
    • Verb
      1. make a low noise, characteristic of bovines
    • Adjective
      1. less than normal in degree or intensity or amount;
      "low prices""the reservoire is low"
      2. 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"
      3. very low in volume;
      "a low murmur""the low-toned murmur of the surf"
      4. unrefined in character;
      "low comedy"
      5. used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency
      6. 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"
      7. low or inferior in station or quality;
      "a humble cottage""a lowly parish priest""a modest man of the people""small beginnings"
      8. no longer sufficient;
      "supplies are low""our funds are depleted"
      9. subdued or brought low in condition or status;
      "brought low""a broken man""his broken spirit"
      10. low in spirits;
      "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"
      11. being the gear producing the lowest drive speed;
      "use first gear on steep hills"
    • Adverb
      1. in a low position; near the ground;
      "the branches hung low"
    行业词典
    • 体育: 低;
      土木工程: 少筋梁, low-reinforced beam;低温水, low-temperature hot water;低热水泥, low-heat Portland cement;
      大气科学: 低[气]压,[pressure], depression 水平气压场上气压比四周低的区域。;低空急流, low-level jet stream 对流层低层(850hPa附近)出现的急流。;低空风切变, low-level wind shear 离地约600m高度以下风的水平或垂直切变现象。;
      机械: 低惯量电机, low-inertia motor 转子转动惯量较一般电机小的控制电机。;低温试验, low-temperature test 把试样暴露在低温环境中进行的试验,通常用温度和试验持续时间表示严酷等级。;
      物理学: 低温等离[子]体, low-temperature plasma;低能电子衍射, low-energy electron diffraction, LEED;低耗[共振]腔, low-loss resonator;低能核反应, low-energy nuclear reaction;微光成象,low-light-level imaging;
      电力: 低周疲劳强度, low-cycle endurance limit, low- cycle fatigue strength;低压厂用配电盘,low-voltage station service distribu- tion board;低压厂用电接线, low-voltage station system scheme;低压母线, low-tension bus;低压电器, low-voltage apparatus;低压供电,low-voltage power supply;低压熔断器,l;
      金融: 日高价;日低价;