lowly

美['loʊli] 英['ləʊli]

adj. 地位低的；卑下的；谦卑的

adv. 位置低下地；低声地；谦逊地

比较级：lowlier 最高级：lowliest 名词：lowliness

近义词：humble，modest，poor，deprived，mean，ordinary，simple，common，meek，submissive，small，menial，lower-ranking，junior-grade，subaltern，baseborn，low，base，secondary，petty，inferior，subordinate，

英英释义

Adjective

low or inferior in station or quality;
"a humble cottage" "a lowly parish priest" "a modest man of the people" "small beginnings"
inferior in rank or status;
"the junior faculty" "a lowly corporal" "petty officialdom" "a subordinate functionary"
used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense);
"baseborn wretches with dirty faces" "of humble (or lowly) birth"

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用作形容词(adj.)

He was not ashamed of his lowly origins.他并不以自己出身低微为耻。
The words of the lowly carry little weight.人微言轻。
The most lowly people of society became dignified beings in Millet's paintings.社会中最卑微的人，却成为米勒画中有尊严的生命。
The saint had a lowly heart.圣人有谦诚之心。
His parents are country people with a lowly heart.他的父母是乡下人，心地谦逊。

用作副词(adv.)

Please read it follow me lowly.你们可以轻声跟读。
It's bowed lowly before the queen.他向皇后请卑地鞠躬行礼。

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