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low

英 [ləʊ]

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近义词lesser vile evil bad vulgar inferior wicked coarse short mean

反义词

adj. 低的，浅的；卑贱的；粗俗的；消沉的
adv. 低声地；谦卑地，低下地
n. 低；低价；低点；牛叫声
vi. 牛叫
n. (Low)人名；(英、德)洛

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词态变化

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;

中文词源

low 低的

来自PIE*legh,躺下，放置，词源同lie,lay.引申词义低的。

low 牛哞哞叫

拟声词，牛叫声。比较cow.

英英释意

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

英文词源

low: low: English has two words low, of which surprisingly the ‘noise made by cattle’ [OE] is the older. It goes back ultimately to the onomatopoeic Indo-European base *klā-. This also produced Latin clārus (which originally meant ‘loud’, and gave English clear and declare), clāmāre ‘cry out’ (source of English acclaim, claim, exclaim, etc), and calāre ‘proclaim, summon’ (source of English council).

It produced a prehistoric Germanic *khlō-, whose only survivor other than English low is Dutch loeien. Low ‘not high’ [12] was borrowed from Old Norse lágr (source also of Swedish låg ‘low’). This goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *lǣgjaz, which was derived from the same base as produced the English verb lie ‘recline’.
=> acclaim, claim, clear, council, exclaim; lie
low (adj.): "not high," late 13c., from lah (late 12c.), "not rising much, being near the base or ground" (of objects or persons); "lying on the ground or in a deep place" (late 13c.), from Old Norse lagr "low," or a similar Scandinavian source (compare Swedish låg, Danish lav), from Proto-Germanic *lega- "lying flat, low" (cognates: Old Frisian lech, Middle Dutch lage, Dutch laag "low," dialectal German läge "flat"), from PIE *legh- "to lie" (see lie (v.2)).

Meaning "humble in rank" is from c. 1200; "undignified" is from 1550s; sense of "dejected, dispirited" is attested from 1737; meaning "coarse, vulgar" is from 1759. In reference to sounds, "not loud," also "having a deep pitch," it is attested from c. 1300. Of prices, from c. 1400. In geographical usage, low refers to the part of a country near the sea-shore (c. 1300, as in Low Countries "Holland, Belgium, Luxemburg," 1540s). As an adverb c. 1200, from the adjective.
low (v.): Old English hlowan "make a noise like a cow," from Proto-Germanic *khlo- (cognates: Middle Dutch loeyen, Dutch loeien, Old Low Franconian luon, Old High German hluojen), from imitative PIE root *kele- (2) "to shout" (see claim (v.)).
low (n.1): sound made by cows, 1540s, from low (v.).
low (adv.): early 13c., from low (adj.). Of voices or sounds, from c. 1300.
low (n.2): "hill," obsolete except in place names, Old English hlaw "hill, mound," especially "barrow," related to hleonian "to lean" (see lean (v.)). Compare Latin clivus "hill" from the same PIE root.

同义词辨析

low, mean, cheap, shabby

这些形容词均有"卑鄙的，卑贱的，卑下的"之意。

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。

考试真题

Although these numbers appear low, it is much higher than if people try without support.

To lower domestic food prices, some countries limited or stopped their grain exports.

As incomes rise among low-income consumers, the potential for further grain consumption is huge.

As a matter of fact, consumers expressed higher satisfaction with the one-star facilities, the lowest rated, than with the five-star ones.

Students who don’t get enough sleep have poor attendance and lower grades.

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.

They had negative views of effort, believing that having to work hard was a sign of low ability.

The author's experiment shows that students with a fixed mind-set believe having to work hard is an indication of low ability.

Sara Johnson acknowledges that the global economic benefit from a fall in oil prices today is likely lower than it was in the past.

Manufacturers can produce consumer goods at a much lower cost.

Lower oil prices have always given a big boost to the global economy.

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.

In April, France passed a law setting lower limits for a model's weight.

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.

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.

He says the prices this year have been so low that he has made almost no profit.

His face went down lower and lower, and then, with complete joy he called out, Dad.

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.

The low-sodium, low- fat frozen dinners sold much better than expected.

According to the firm’s vice-president of Marketing and Sales, We benefited from low expectations.

It allows for economic efficiency, and when we buy things from places that have lower production costs than we do, we benefit.

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.

It requires no equipment, everyone knows how to do it and it carries the lowest risk of injury.

But the 1980s brought new competition from Japanese film company Fuji Photo, which undermined Kodak by offering lower prices for film and photo supplies.

They also calculated the cost savings emerging from the amount of disease that would be avoided because of lower blood pressure

It helps us lower usage at peak power times," says solar expert Mike Keesee.

Those with low self-esteem didn't feel better after the forced self-affirmation.

People with low self-esteem seldom write down their true feelings

Forcing a person to think positive thoughts may lower their self-esteem.

Place the tea on a lower shelf next time.

The pay offer by the travel agency is too low.

According to the firm's vice-president of Marketing and Sales, "We benefited from low expectations."

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.

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.

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.

He says the prices this year have been so low that he has made almost no profit.

Now, the number of men working in the nursing sector has reached us seven-year low.

Overnight, Chicago reached a low of 21 degrees Fahrenheit below zero, making it slightly colder than Antarctica, Alaska, and the North Pole.

Taxes are low, so many businesses have their headquarters here.

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.

We can't do much to alter sedentary lifestyles, but we can provide consumers with great-tasting products, low in salt, sugar and fat.

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.

Unfortunately, the current low prices for oil, gas, and coal may provide little incentive for research to find even cheaper substitutes for those fuels.

These likely persistent forces, like the growth of shale ( ' , 页岩) oil, point to a low for long scenario.

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.

The prices of coal are low as a result of over-supply and decreasing demand.

The dynamic adjustment to low oil prices may, however, be different this time around.

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.

The current low fossil fuel price environment will thus certainly delay the energy transition from fossil fuel to clean energy sources.

The North American shale gas boom has resulted in record low prices there.

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.

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.

Progress in the development of renewables could be fragile, however, if fossil fuel prices remain low for long.

Policymakers should not allow low energy prices to derail the clean energy transition.

Oil prices are expected to remain lower for longer.

Notwithstanding important recent progress in developing renewable fuel sources, low fossil fuel prices could discourage further innovation in, and adoption of, cleaner energy technologies.

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.

Most affluent parents enroll their children in preschool or day care, while low-income parents are more likely to depend on family members.

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.

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.

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.

Fossil fuel prices are likely to stay low for long.

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.

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.

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.

A commonly held view in the oil industry is that the best cure for low oil prices is low oil prices.

Research now says adding fiber to the teen diet may help lower the risk of breast cancer.

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.

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.

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.

The overwhelming majority of employees attribute their stress mainly to low pay and an excessive workload.

The high-risk group and low-risk group are obvious.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The graduation rate of first-generation students at Nijay's university was incredibly low.

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).

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.

Instead of skipping out on higher education altogether, they chose community colleges or state schools with low bars for admittance.

Black people's socioeconomic status in America remains low.

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.

A low wage for elementary school teachers, however, doesn't mean elementary education isn't important.

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.

And we try to keep our expenses as low as we can.

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.

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.

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.

Gathering your resources to "try hard" requires burning energy in order to overcome your currently low arousal level.

Maybe you see low customer participation at first, or conversely, so much success that the cost of recycling becomes too high.

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.

Steel's fragility at low temperatures first became a major concern during the Second World War.

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

These likely persistent forces, like the growth of shale oil, point to a "low for long" scenario.

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.

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

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.

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.

But Simon decided to risk his life and try to lower Joe down the mountain on a rope.

Children's comparing themselves to others online may lead to lower self-identity and confidence.

Cojochru, the moldovan caregiver, hoped obtaining permanent residence (居住权) would help her bring her two children to italy; they live with her sister in moldova, where salaries are among the lowest in Europe.

Data collected from the device could be used to recognize different participants based on how they typed, with very low error rates.

From now on I will only be editing articles for PsyBlog while wearing a white coat to help keep the typing error count low.

Further up, the weather changes— low clouds envelope the mountainsides, which are covered with thick grass.

He could have bought it at a lower price.

I quickly lower myself, ducking my head to avoid looking directly into his eyes so he doesn't feel challenged.

If he didn't, his body temperature would get very low, which could quickly kill him.

If you are stuck at home with no stress, then your level of performance will be low.

In a further twist, birth rate is highest in poorly educated rural areas and lowest in highly educated urban areas.

In the wild, many cats hunt at night because their eyes are designed for low light.

It ends abruptly at 3, 000 meters, giving way to lands of low growing plants.

It turns out that just looking at green,growing things can reduce stress,lower blood pressure,and put people into a better mood.

It was coined by the trans-research institute to describe a new philosophy by which high achievers at work chose a lower salary in exchange for a better quality of life.

Jacob Sattelmair from Harvard University has done a study into how much exercise is needed to lower the risk of heart attacks.

More broadly the Wakefield survey suggests that employers may be missing a low-cost way to give workers something of value.

Now that the chances of dying young are much lower, the chances of living long are much higher due to better diets and health care.

People who have personality traits that connect with competitiveness and low upset tolerance are much more likely to get angry.

Regardless of the weather or the distance, Paul Wilson will make sure low-income students in his neighbourhood arrive at their college classes on time.

Researchers from georgia tech say that they have come up with a low-cost device装置that gets around this problem: a smart keyboard.

The low point of the sheet must be centered directly over, and no more than three inches above, the cup.

The only two options were to lower the Chicago river or raise the city.

The study showed that people who put in 300 minutes a week of exercise had a 20% lower risk of death due to heart disease.

There has been a recent trend in the food service industry toward lower fat content and less salt.

They arrive at the class in low spirits and they leave with a smile.

They conclude that when task interdependence is high, team performance will suffer when there is too much talent, while individual talent will have positive effects on team performance when task interdependence is lower.

They have cut car emissions to the lowest.

They planned to keep the budget low by living on boiled noodles, with the occasional hamburger shop treat.

This is the most ambitious goal for temperature rise set by the Paris agreement, after a push by low-lying island nations like Kiribati, which say limiting temperature rise to ?

When combined with berries of slices of other fruits, frozen bananas make an excellent base for thick, cooling fruit shakes and low fat "ice cream".

When entering the house, the customer would see the pacific ocean through the windows, and then the pool through an open stairway leading to the lower level.

Yet, people of lower iq tend to be lifelong television viewers.

Some species of trees have been"read out of the party"by economics-minded foresters because they grow too slowly, or have too low a sale value to pay as timber crops.

95 knit miniskirt in all its 2,300-pius stores around the world, it must rely on low-wage overseas labor, order in volumes that strain natural resources, and use massive amounts of harmful chemicals.

“We estimate that either eliminating a substantial labour-rights concern, such as child labour, or increasing corporate giving by about 20% results in fines that generally are 40% lower than the typical punishment for bribing foreign officials,” says one researcher.

Their analysis ruled out the possibility that it was firms’ political influence, rather than their CSR stand, that accounted for the leniency: Companies that contributed more to political campaigns did not receive lower fines.

Overhead may be high and circulation lower, but rushing to eliminate its print edition would be a mistake, says BuzzFeed CEO Joah Peretti.

Half a century of town and country planning has enabled it to retain an enviable rural coherence, while still permitting low-density urban living.

By most recent measures, the UK’s GDP has been the envy of the Western world, with record low unemployment and high growth figures.

Taxes on low-wage labor need to be cut, and wage subsidies such as the earned income tax credit should be expanded: This would boost incomes, encourage work, reward companies for job creation, and reduce inequality.

Lower-income jobs like gardening or day care don't appeal to robots.

And vice versa: high sympathy can substitute for low guilt.

But now most colleges save for many selective campuses, allow all undergraduates, and even graduate students, to get their low grades forgiven.

By most recent measures, the UK's GDP has been the envy of the Western world, with record low unemployment and high growth figures.

Enhanced security measures since then, combined with a rise in airline travel due to the improving economy and low oil prices, have resulted in long waits at major airports such as Chicago's O'Hare International.

For example, many collegiate and professional football players qualify as obese, though their percentage body fat is low.

Grade forgiveness allows students to retake a course in which they received a low grade, and the most recent grade or the highest grade is the only one that counts in calculating a student's overall GPA.

Some kids who are low in sympathy may make up for that shortfall by experiencing more guilt, which can rein in their nastier impulses.

Some people with a high BMI are in fact extremely fit, while others with a low BMI may be in poor shape.

There are reports that some military aircraft flew in formation when they were low on fuel during the Second World War, but Dr. lissaman says they are unsubstantiated.

Wales has introduced special low speed limits to minimize pollution.

词组搭配

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

实用场景例句

...the low garden wall that separated the front garden from next door...: 把前花园和隔壁隔开的低矮的花园围墙

She put it down on the low table...: 她把它放在了矮桌上。

He bumped his head on the low beams...: 他的头碰到了低梁上。

It was late afternoon and the sun was low in the sky...: 当时是傍晚时分，太阳低悬于空中。

...pumps that guarantee a constant depth of water even when the supplying river is low.: 确保供水河水位较低时水深仍能处于既定水平的水泵

British casualties remained remarkably low...: 英国的伤亡人数始终很低。

They are still having to live on very low incomes...: 他们现在还得靠微薄的收入过日子。

She refused to promote Colin above the low rank of 'legal adviser'.: 她拒绝把科林由“法律顾问”这一低级别往上提。

Eventually my weight stabilised at seven and a half stone after dropping to a low of five and a half stone...: 我的体重在降到5.5英石的最低点后，最终稳定在7.5英石。

The dollar fell to a new low.: 美元跌至新低。

She selected a low gear and started down the track carefully.: 她选了低速挡小心翼翼地沿小径下行。

A school would not accept low-quality work from any student...: 学校不会接受任何学生质量不合格的作业。

The inquiry team criticises staff at the psychiatric hospital for the low standard of care.: 调查小组批评该精神病院的员工护理水平低劣。

They look for foods that are low in calories.: 他们要找低卡路里的食物。

Low achievers in schools will receive priority.: 重点将放在学校里的后进生身上。

...if there are strikes by unrewarded low performers.: 如果业绩落后、得不到报偿的工人罢工的话

The majority of sex offenders have a low opinion of themselves...: 大多数性犯罪者都瞧不起自己。

I have an extremely low opinion of the British tabloid newspapers.: 我对英国小报完全没有好感。

We are all very tired and morale is low...: 我们大家都非常疲惫，士气低落。

People had very low expectations.: 人们几乎不抱什么期望。

Then suddenly she gave a low, choking moan and began to tremble violently...: 她突然发出一声低沉、憋闷的呻吟，身体开始剧烈地颤抖。

My voice has got so low now I was mistaken for a man the other day on the phone.: 我的声音变得很低沉，以至于前几天在电话里被人误以为是男人。

Her voice was so low he had to strain to catch it.: 她的声音很低，他很费力才听得到。

Their eyesight is poor in low light.: 光线很暗时他们视力不佳。

She turned her little kitchen radio on low...: 她把厨房用小收音机的音量调低。

Buy a dimmer switch and keep the light on low, or switch it off altogether...: 买一个调光开关，把灯光调暗，或者干脆把灯关掉。

We're a bit low on bed linen...: 我们的被单枕套有点不够了。

World stocks of wheat were getting very low.: 全球小麦储备严重不足。

'I didn't ask for this job, you know,' he tells friends when he is low.: “你知道，我可没主动要求要干这份工作，”他情绪低落时会这样跟朋友说。

...an undiagnosed medical condition that laid him low for months.: 使他病倒了好几个月的未确诊疾病

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