lowly
英 ['ləʊlɪ]
美['loli]
- adj. 卑贱的；地位低的；谦逊的
- adv. 谦逊地；位置低下地；低声地
英英释意
- 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"
双语例句
- 1. He was irked by his lowly status.
- 他为自己地位卑微而恼恨。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The saint had a lowly heart.
- 圣人有谦诚之心.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 3. He had a lowly heart.
- 他有谦逊的心.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 4. A number of trades, previously thought of as lowly ones, began to receive more attention.
- 从前被人们视为卑贱的一些职业现在开始受到更多的重视.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. He was not ashamed of his lowly origins.
- 他并不以自己出身低微为耻.
来自辞典例句