- To lower is to move something downward. When you go to sleep at night, you lower your head onto your pillow (unless you are a horse; in that case, you don't lower anything and sleep standing up).
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- v. 放低；降低
- adj. 更低的，下方的
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1. the lower deck of a ship
船的下甲板
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2. His lower lip trembled.
他的下唇在颤抖。
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3. the mountain's lower slopes
山麓斜坡
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4. the lower reaches of the Nile
尼罗河的下游
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5. He had to lower his head to get through the door.
他得低头才能过这道门。
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6. She lowered her newspaper and looked around.
她放低报纸往四下看了看。
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7. They lowered him down the cliff on a rope.
他们用绳索把他放下悬崖。
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8. He lowered his voice to a whisper.
他压低了声音悄悄地说。
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9. This drug is used to lower blood pressure.
这种药用于降血压。
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10. Her voice lowered as she spoke.
她一边说一边压低了嗓音。
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11. I wouldn't lower myself by working for him.
我不会贬低自己的身分去为他工作。
- lower (adj.) Middle English lawar, lower, lougher, earlier lahre (c. 1200), comparative of lah "low" (see low (adj.)). As an adverb from 1540s. Lower-class is from 1772.
- lower (v.1) c. 1600, "descend, sink, grow less or lower" (intransitive), from lower (adj.), comparative of low (adj.). Transitive meaning "let down, cause to descend" attested from 1650s. Related: Lowered; lowering. In the transitive sense "to cause to descend" the older verb was low (Middle English lahghenn, c. 1200), which continued in use into the 18c.
- lower (v.2) "to look dark and menacing," also lour, from Middle English louren, luren "to frown, scowl" (early 13c.), "to lurk" (mid-15c.), from Old English *luran or from its cognates, Middle Low German luren, Middle Dutch loeren "lie in wait." The form perhaps has been assimilated to lower (v.1). Related: Lowered; lowering.
lower 2 ( also lour ) / ˈlaʊə(r) ; NAmE ˈlaʊər / verb [intransitive ] ( literary) (of the sky or clouds 天空或云 ) to be dark and threatening 变昏暗；变恶劣；变阴沉 ☞see also lower 1 lower lowers lowered lowering lower / ˈlaʊə(r) ; NAmE ˈlaʊər / lower 1 / ˈləʊə(r) ; NAmE ˈloʊər / adjective , verb ☞see also lower 2 lower lowers lowered lowering adjective [only before noun ] 1 located below sth else, especially sth of the same type, or the other of a pair （尤指位于同类物品或成对物品中另一个的）下面的，下方的 ◆ the lower deck of a ship 船的下甲板 ◆ His lower lip trembled. 他的下唇在颤抖。 2 at or near the bottom of sth 在底部的；近底部的 ◆ the mountain's lower slopes 山麓斜坡 3 (of a place 地方 ) located towards the coast, on low ground or towards the south of an area 朝海岸的；低洼的；向南的 ◆ the lower reaches of the Nile 尼罗河的下游 OPP upper verb 1 [transitive ] to let or make sth/sb go down 把…放低；使…降下 lowersth ◆ He had to lower his head to get through the door. 他得低头才能过这道门。 ◆ She lowered her newspaper and looked around. 她放低报纸往四下看了看。 lowersth/sb + adv./prep. ◆ They lowered him down the cliff on a rope. 他们用绳索把他放下悬崖。 OPP raise 2 [transitive , intransitive ] lower(sth) to reduce sth or to become less in value, quality, etc. 减少；缩小；降低 ◆ He lowered his voice to a whisper. 他压低了声音悄悄地说。 ◆ This drug is used to lower blood pressure. 这种药用于降血压。 ◆ Her voice lowered as she spoke. 她一边说一边压低了嗓音。 OPP raise IDIOMS lower the ˈbar to set a new, lower standard of quality or performance 降低标准 ◆ In the current economic climate we may need to lower the bar on quotas. 在目前的经济气候下，我们可能需要降低配额标准。 OPP raise the bar ☞compare set the bar at bar n. ˈlower yourself (by doing sth) ( usually used in negative sentences 通常用于否定句 ) to behave in a way that makes other people respect you less 降低自己的身分；自贬人格 SYN demean ◆ I wouldn't lower myself by working for him. 我不会贬低自己的身分去为他工作。 ☞more at sight n. , temperature lower / ˈləʊə(r) ; NAmE ˈloʊər /
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