lowly

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

英英释义

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"
   

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。

经典引文

• Her parents would not..consider allowing their daughter to marry a man..of lowly origin.

  出自： R. Owen

• The lowly status of children..in poverty.

  出自： D. Rowe

词汇搭配

• of lowly station 出身高贵[低微]的,...

近反义词

【近义词】

• humble 谦逊的
• modest 谦虚的
• poor 可怜的
• deprived 被剥夺的
• mean 意思是
• ordinary 平凡的
• simple 简单的
• common 常见的
• meek 温顺的
• submissive 服从的
• small 小的
• menial 适合仆人做的...
• lower-ranking 低阶的
• junior-grade 低阶的
• subaltern 副官
• baseborn 出身微贱的
• low 低的
• base 底部
• secondary 次要的
• petty 小的
• inferior 较低的
• subordinate 下级的