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lower

英[ˈləʊə(r) , ˈlaʊə(r)] 美[ˈloʊər , ˈlaʊər]

adj. 下方的，底部的，朝海岸的，向南的，较小的，较低级的；
v. 降低，减少；

第三人称单数：lowers;

过去式：lowered;

过去分词：lowered;

现在分词：lowering;

反义词

lower的反义词之：
heighten upper

词组

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

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。
在底部的；近底部的
朝海岸的；低洼的；向南的
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。
减少；缩小；降低

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；