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verb /ˈləʊə(r)/
/ˈləʊər/
动词形式
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they lower | /ˈləʊə(r)/ /ˈləʊər/ |
| he / she / it lowers | /ˈləʊəz/ /ˈləʊərz/ |
| past simple lowered | /ˈləʊəd/ /ˈləʊərd/ |
| past participle lowered | /ˈləʊəd/ /ˈləʊərd/ |
| -ing form lowering | /ˈləʊərɪŋ/ /ˈləʊərɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to reduce something or to become less in value, quality, etc.
减少；缩小；降低 - lower something 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。 - to lower the rate/cost/price/level of something
降低某物的价格/成本/价格/水平 - Her voice lowered as she spoke.
她一边说一边压低了嗓音。 - The company may be forced to lower prices in order to stay competitive.
为保持竞争力，这家公司可能会被迫降价。 - a proposal to lower the voting age to 16
将投票年龄降低到16岁的提议 - The company has lowered its expectations for profits this year.
该公司降低了今年的利润预期。 - We are not prepared to lower our academic standards.
我们不准备降低我们的学术标准。 - Mild exercise three times a week significantly lowers your risk of cancer.
每周三次轻度运动可以显著降低患癌症的风险。 - The drives were allowed to idle until the temperatures lowered and stabilized.
驱动器被允许空转，直到温度降低并稳定。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- gently
- gradually
- …
- into
- onto
- to
- …
- lower something He lowered his voice to a whisper.
- [transitive] to let or make something/somebody go down
把…放低；使…降下 - lower something 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。 - lower something/somebody + adv./prep. They lowered him down the cliff on a rope.
他们用绳索把他放下悬崖。 - The coffin is lowered into the grave and covered with earth.
棺材被放入坟墓并用泥土覆盖。
- Cristina blushed and quickly lowered her eyes.
克里斯蒂娜脸一红，赶紧垂下双眼。 - He carefully lowered the sleeping child onto the bed.
他小心翼翼地把睡着的孩子放到床上。 - She lowered herself into the driver's seat.
她屈身坐到驾驶员座位上。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- gently
- gradually
- …
- into
- onto
- to
- …
- lower something He had to lower his head to get through the door.
Idioms
lower the bar
- 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。
- In the current economic climate we may need to lower the bar on quotas.
lower yourself (by doing something)
- (usually used in negative sentences
通常用于否定句 降低自己的身份；自贬人格 - I wouldn't lower myself by working for him.
我不会贬低自己的身份去为他工作。
- I wouldn't lower myself by working for him.
raise/lower your sights
- to expect more/less from a situation
提高／降低要求；眼光变高／变低 - If they can’t afford such a big house, they’ll just have to lower their sights a little.
如果他们买不起这么大的房子，他们就只能放低眼光了。 - After failing to get into university, he lowered his sights and got a job in a shop.
未能上成大学后他降低了目标，在一家商店里 找了份工作。
- If they can’t afford such a big house, they’ll just have to lower their sights a little.
raise/lower the temperature
- to increase/decrease the amount of excitement, emotion, etc. in a situation
升／降温；增加／减少热烈程度等 - His angry refusal to agree raised the temperature of the meeting.
他愤然拒不同意，使得会议的气氛紧张起来。 - The government tried to lower the political temperature by agreeing to some of the demands.
政府试图通过答应部份要求以使紧张的政治气候降温。
- His angry refusal to agree raised the temperature of the meeting.