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lowly

/loh-lee/US // ˈloʊ li //UK // (ˈləʊlɪ) rare //

卑微的,卑贱的,卑微地,卑微

Related Words

humble卑微的,谦逊的,谦虚,谦卑的average平均,平均数,平均水平,平均而言base基础,基地,基层,底层common常见的,普通,共同,共同的commonplace平凡的,平凡,平凡的事,平凡的事物docile温顺的,驯服的,驯服,驯顺的dutiful尽职尽责,尽责,尽责的,尽职everyday每天,每日,日常,每天都有gentle温文尔雅,温柔,温和,温柔的ignoble卑鄙无耻,卑鄙,卑鄙的,卑微的low低,低的,低位,低级mean意味着,是指,意思是说,意思是meek温顺,温顺的,温文尔雅,温柔menial琐碎的,琐碎,琐事,琐碎的人mild温和的,温和,轻度,平和的modest谦虚,谦虚的,谦逊的,谦逊mundane无聊,无聊的,无聊的事,世俗obscure模糊不清,不明显,不明显的,无名小卒obsequious谄媚的,谄媚,卑躬屈膝,谄媚的人ordinary普通,普通的,寻常,一般

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    low·li·er, low·li·est.

    • : humble in station, condition, or nature: a lowly cottage.
    • : low in growth or position.
    • : humble in attitude, behavior, or spirit; meek.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : in a low position, manner, or degree: a lowly placed shelf.
    • : in a lowly manner; humbly.
    • : in a quiet voice; softly: to converse lowly.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.inferior, plain
Synonyms
humble卑微的,谦逊的,谦虚,谦卑的average平均,平均数,平均水平,平均而言base基础,基地,基层,底层baseborn玄关,玄武门,玄武岩,玄色的cast down抛下,投下,丢弃,扔下common常见的,普通,共同,共同的commonplace平凡的,平凡,平凡的事,平凡的事物docile温顺的,驯服的,驯服,驯顺的dutiful尽职尽责,尽责,尽责的,尽职everyday每天,每日,日常,每天都有gentle温文尔雅,温柔,温和,温柔的ignoble卑鄙无耻,卑鄙,卑鄙的,卑微的low低,低的,低位,低级lowborn卑微的人,卑贱的人,卑鄙的人,卑微的生命mean意味着,是指,意思是说,意思是meek温顺,温顺的,温文尔雅,温柔menial琐碎的,琐碎,琐事,琐碎的人mild温和的,温和,轻度,平和的modest谦虚,谦虚的,谦逊的,谦逊mundane无聊,无聊的,无聊的事,世俗obscure模糊不清,不明显,不明显的,无名小卒obsequious谄媚的,谄媚,卑躬屈膝,谄媚的人ordinary普通,普通的,寻常,一般plebeian庶民,庶族人,庶族,庶民阶层poor穷人,贫穷,可怜的,穷proletarian无产阶级,无产者,无产阶级的,无产者的prosaic平淡无奇,平淡无奇的,俗气的,平庸retiring撤退,退休,撤退时,撤退的时候reverential崇敬的,虔诚的,崇敬,恭敬servile奴役,农奴,奴性,奴仆simple简单,简单的,单纯的,单纯submissive顺从的人,顺民,顺从者,顺从subordinate隶属,隶属的,隶属关系,隶属机构unassuming不起眼的,朴实无华,不起眼,朴实无华的unpretentious朴实无华,谦逊,谦虚,朴素withdrawing撤回,退出,提取,撤出

Examples

  • Even in the state of half-sleep—psychologists call it hypnagogia—our minds are sufficiently loose to descend from those lowly hills.

  • As a lowly employee, your ability to correct his behavior is limited.

  • Because of their tie in Week 3 against the Cincinnati Bengals, the Eagles could do the Cowboys one better — winning the division with a lowly 4-11-1 record.

  • Even as he argued that man ought to be humbled by his connection to the lemur, he placed man at the summit, the lemur on the lowly plain.

  • The Laker players file onto the chartered team bus to make their way back to the facility for a brief practice run before the night’s matchup against the lowly Cavaliers.

  • Lowly freshman congressmen could now buck the speaker, as one rich guy could fund their next campaign.

  • He was a lowly country lawyer and she a Kentucky aristocrat who had come to visit her older sister in Illinois.

  • With three years left to his presidency, we are reduced to the lowly ambition of executive orders.

  • One of the best presidential orators in history, Obama was reduced to the lowly ambition of executive orders.

  • He also took aim at senior Republican figures and lowly GOP Hill staffers.

  • Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly of heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

  • She was delighted with these indications of gratitude and sensibility on the part of the unenlightened and lowly peasantry.

  • A deep sigh—the first of unfeigned regret for her lowly station—perhaps of envy—broke from the lips of the wondering girl.

  • They were, for the chief part, of lowly condition, but occasionally one or two of better rank.

  • In striking contrast to all this magnificence was the lowly home to which James Starbuck brought his happy bride.

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