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ADJ-COMPAR
（成對物中）下方的，下面的
You can use lower to refer to the bottom one of a pair of things.
例句
She bit her lower lip.
她咬了咬下唇。
...the lower deck of the bus...
公共汽車的下層
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ADJ-COMPAR
底端的；底部的
You can use lower to refer to the bottom part of something.
例句
Use a small cushion to help give support to the lower back.
用一個小靠墊幫助支撐腰部。
...fires which started in the lower part of a tower block.
從塔樓底部開始燒起的大火
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ADJ-COMPAR
較低級的；低等的
You can use lower to refer to people or things that are less important than similar people or things.
例句
Already the awards are causing resentment in the lower ranks of council officers...
獎項已使政務委員會的低層官員們憤憤不平。
The nation's highest court reversed the lower court's decision...
該國最高法院已推翻了下級法院的判決。
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VERB
（緩慢地）降下，放下
If you lower something, you move it slowly downwards.
例句
Two reporters had to help lower the coffin into the grave...
兩名記者不得不幫忙把靈柩慢慢地放進墓穴中。
Sokolowski lowered himself into the black leather chair...
索科洛夫斯基緩緩地坐到黑色皮椅上。
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VERB
降低；減少；減弱
If you lower something, you make it less in amount, degree, value, or quality.
例句
The Central Bank has lowered interest rates by 2 percent...
中央銀行已將利率調低了兩個百分點。
This drug lowers cholesterol levels by binding fats in the intestine.
這種藥通過黏合腸內的脂肪降低膽固醇水平。
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VERB
垂下，低下（頭或眼睛）
If someone lowers their head or eyes, they look downwards, for example because they are sad or embarrassed.
例句
She lowered her head and brushed past photographers as she went back inside...
她再次回到里面時低著頭，與攝影師擦身而過。
She lowered her gaze to the hands in her lap.
她低頭盯著放在大腿上的雙手。
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VERB
降低，貶低（身份）
If you say that you would not lower yourself by doing something, you mean that you would not behave in a way that would make you or other people respect you less.
例句
Don't lower yourself, don't be the way they are...
不要自貶身份,不要學他們那樣。
I've got no qualms about lowering myself to Lemmer's level to get what I want.
為得到我想要的東西，我一點都不忌諱把自己降格到跟萊麥爾一樣。
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V-ERG
壓低，放低（聲音）
If you lower your voice or if your voice lowers, you speak more quietly.
例句
The man moved closer, lowering his voice...
那個男子靠上前去，壓低了聲音。
His voice lowers confidentially.
他神秘地壓低了嗓音。