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ADJ-GRADED
（高度）低的，矮的
Something that is low measures only a short distance from the bottom to the top, or from the ground to the top.
例句
...the low garden wall that separated the front garden from next door...
把前花園和隔壁隔開的低矮的花園圍墻
She put it down on the low table...
她把它放在了矮桌上。
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ADJ-GRADED
（位置）低的，近地面的，近底部的
If something is low, it is close to the ground, to sea level, or to the bottom of something.
例句
He bumped his head on the low beams...
他的頭碰到了低梁上。
It was late afternoon and the sun was low in the sky...
當時是傍晚時分，太陽低懸于空中。
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ADJ-GRADED
水位低的；水淺的
When a river is low, it contains less water than usual.
例句
...pumps that guarantee a constant depth of water even when the supplying river is low.
確保供水河水位較低時水深仍能處于既定水平的水泵
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ADJ-GRADED
（數量）少的，接近等級下限的
You can use low to indicate that something is small in amount or that it is at the bottom of a particular scale. You can use phrases such as in the low 80s to indicate that a number or level is less than 85 but not as little as 80.
例句
British casualties remained remarkably low...
英國的傷亡人數始終很低。
They are still having to live on very low incomes...
他們現在還得靠微薄的收入過日子。
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ADJ-GRADED
（地位）低微的，低下的
Low is used to describe people who are not considered to be very important because they are near the bottom of a particular scale or system.
例句
She refused to promote Colin above the low rank of 'legal adviser'.
她拒絕把科林由“法律顧問”這一低級別往上提。
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N-COUNT
低點；最低點
If something reaches a low of a particular amount or degree, that is the smallest it has ever been.
例句
Eventually my weight stabilised at seven and a half stone after dropping to a low of five and a half stone...
我的體重在降到5.5英石的最低點后，最終穩定在7.5英石。
The dollar fell to a new low.
美元跌至新低。
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ADJ-GRADED
（汽車或自行車的排擋）低速的，低擋的
If you drive or ride a bicycle in a low gear, you use a gear, usually first or second, which gives you the most control over your car or bicycle when travelling slowly.
例句
She selected a low gear and started down the track carefully.
她選了低速擋小心翼翼地沿小徑下行。
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ADJ-GRADED
（質量或標準）低的，差的
If the quality or standard of something is low, it is very poor.
例句
A school would not accept low-quality work from any student...
學校不會接受任何學生質量不合格的作業。
The inquiry team criticises staff at the psychiatric hospital for the low standard of care.
調查小組批評該精神病院的員工護理水平低劣。
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ADJ-GRADED
成分少的；含量低的
If a food or other substance is low in a particular ingredient, it contains only a small amount of that ingredient.
例句
They look for foods that are low in calories.
他們要找低卡路里的食物。
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ADJ-GRADED
落后的；后進的
If you describe someone such as a student or a worker as a low achiever, you mean that they are not very good at their work, and do not achieve or produce as much as others.
例句
Low achievers in schools will receive priority.
重點將放在學校里的后進生身上。
...if there are strikes by unrewarded low performers.
如果業績落后、得不到報償的工人罷工的話
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ADJ-GRADED
（評論）貶低的，輕蔑的
If you have a low opinion of someone or something, you disapprove of them or dislike them.
例句
The majority of sex offenders have a low opinion of themselves...
大多數性犯罪者都瞧不起自己。
I have an extremely low opinion of the British tabloid newspapers.
我對英國小報完全沒有好感。
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ADJ-GRADED
消沉的；消極的
You can use low to describe negative feelings and attitudes.
例句
We are all very tired and morale is low...
我們大家都非常疲憊，士氣低落。
People had very low expectations.
人們幾乎不抱什么期望。
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ADJ-GRADED
（聲音或嗓音）低沉的
If a sound or noise is low, it is deep.
例句
Then suddenly she gave a low, choking moan and began to tremble violently...
她突然發出一聲低沉、憋悶的呻吟，身體開始劇烈地顫抖。
My voice has got so low now I was mistaken for a man the other day on the phone.
我的聲音變得很低沉，以至于前幾天在電話里被人誤以為是男人。
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ADJ-GRADED
悄聲的；輕聲的
If someone's voice is low, it is quiet or soft.
例句
Her voice was so low he had to strain to catch it.
她的聲音很低，他很費力才聽得到。
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ADJ-GRADED
（光線）暗淡的，微弱的
A light that is low is not bright or strong.
例句
Their eyesight is poor in low light.
光線很暗時他們視力不佳。
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ADJ-GRADED
（收音機、烤爐、燈光等調節至）低擋的，低強度的
If a radio, oven, or light is on low, it has been adjusted so that only a small amount of sound, heat, or light is produced.
例句
She turned her little kitchen radio on low...
她把廚房用小收音機的音量調低。
Buy a dimmer switch and keep the light on low, or switch it off altogether...
買一個調光開關，把燈光調暗，或者干脆把燈關掉。
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ADJ-GRADED
不足的；短缺的；剩余不多的
If you are low on something or if a supply of it is low, there is not much of it left.
例句
We're a bit low on bed linen...
我們的被單枕套有點不夠了。
World stocks of wheat were getting very low.
全球小麥儲備嚴重不足。
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ADJ-GRADED
沮喪的；不開心的
If you are low, you are depressed.
例句
'I didn't ask for this job, you know,' he tells friends when he is low.
“你知道，我可沒主動要求要干這份工作，”他情緒低落時會這樣跟朋友說。
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PHRASE
使衰弱；使病倒
If a disease or illness lays you low, it makes you weak or ill.
例句
...an undiagnosed medical condition that laid him low for months.
使他病倒了好幾個月的未確診疾病
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PHRASE
不露面；不引起注意；保持低調
If you are lying low, you are hiding or not drawing attention to yourself.
例句
Far from lying low, Kuti became more outspoken than ever.
庫蒂不但沒暫避風頭，而且較以往更加直言不諱。