lower
UK ['ləʊ.ər] US ['loʊ.ɚ] verb transitive
MOVE 移动
IMPROVER
■to move something into a low position 降低，使下降•They lowered the coffin into the grave.他们把棺材放入了墓穴。 •[R] Heavily pregnant by now, she lowered her self carefully into the chair.因为现在重孕在身，她小心翼翼地在椅子上坐下。 •He lowered his eyes (= looked down) in embarrassment when he saw me.他看到我后尴尬地垂下了双眼。
UK ['ləʊ.ər] US ['loʊ.ɚ] verb transitive
REDUCE 减少
IMPROVER
■to reduce something 减少，降低•Interest rates have been lowered again.利率又降了。 •Boil for 5 minutes, then lower the heat and simmer for half an hour.煮上五分钟，然后调到小火再炖半小时。 •Please lower your voice (= speak more quietly).请说话小声点。 IMPROVER
■to make something worse than it was before 使下降，降低•a lowering of standards标准的降低 •humorous Dale lowered the tone of the evening (= made it less socially acceptable) by telling a dirty joke.戴尔讲了一个黄色笑话，破坏了晚会的气氛。
UK ['ləʊ.ər] US ['loʊ.ɚ] verb transitive
BEHAVE BADLY 举止不端
lower yourself
[R]
■to behave in a way that makes people lose respect for you 降低身份•[+ to infinitive] I wouldn't lower myself to respond to his insults if I were you.我要是你就不会贬低自己的身份，理睬他的辱骂。
UK ['ləʊ.ər] US ['loʊ.ɚ] adjective
■positioned below one or more similar things, or of the bottom part of something 下面的；底部的，底层的•the lower deck of a ship轮船的下甲板 •Her lower lip trembled as if she was about to cry.她的下嘴唇颤抖着，好像要哭的样子。 •I've got a pain in my lower (= the bottom part of my) back.我的后背下方有点痛。 Opposite upper |