lower

例句：

1. The meat will scorch if you don't lower the gas.
   如果你不把煤氣調小一點，肉就要焦了。
2. They had to lower their sights and buy a smaller house than they would have liked.
   他們原來想買一所大房子，後來不得不降低要求買一所較小的。
3. We didn't win the contract: we were pipped at the post by a firm whose price was lower.
   我們未得到那份契約的生意，最後是讓一家出價低的公司擊敗了我們。
4. Don't lower yourself by asking him for help.
   不要向他求助以免降低身分。
5. Speak to her? I'd never lower myself.
   跟她說話？我可不自貶人格。
6. Tom was lying on the lower bunk.
   湯姆躺在下鋪。
7. The deer lowered its head to drink from the pond.
   鹿低下頭去喝池塘里的水。

英文解釋：

名詞 lower:

1. the lower of two berths
   同義詞：lower berth

動詞 lower:

1. move something or somebody to a lower position
   同義詞：take down, let down, get down, bring down
2. set lower
   同義詞：lour
3. cause to drop or sink
   同義詞：depress
4. make lower or quieter
   同義詞：turn down, lour
5. look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval
   同義詞：frown, glower, lour

形容詞 low:

1. less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
   同義詞：low
2. literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension
   同義詞：low
3. very low in volume
   同義詞：low, low-toned
4. unrefined in character
   同義詞：low
5. used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency
   同義詞：low, low-pitched
6. of the most contemptible kind
   同義詞：abject, low, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy
7. low or inferior in station or quality
   同義詞：humble, low, lowly, modest, small
8. no longer sufficient
   同義詞：depleted, low
9. subdued or brought low in condition or status
   同義詞：broken, crushed, humbled, humiliated, low
10. low in spirits
    同義詞：blue, depressed, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited
11. being the gear producing the lowest drive speed
    同義詞：first, low

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