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the lowdown

/noun loh-doun; adjective loh-doun/US // noun ˈloʊˌdaʊn; adjective ˈloʊˈdaʊn //UK // informal //

状况简介,状况介绍,状况,状况一览

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Usually the lowdown . the real and unadorned facts; the true, secret, or inside information: We gave them the lowdown on the new housing project.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Also low-down .

    • : contemptible; base; mean: a lowdown trick.
    • : low, especially socially or morally; degraded.

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Examples

  • I sat down with Stuart and got the lowdown on all those questions and more.

  • Take a break and read on to get the lowdown on the best foot massagers and their many benefits.

  • Today, we serve up the lowdown on the HBCU sports programs to watch, highlight the stars set to shine and dive into how the reckoning on America’s streets is changing college sports.

  • While law enforcement and consumer protection advocates have been busier than ever, today’s Daily Dose gives you the lowdown on what’s happening and how to protect yourself.

  • If you know the category of ski you’re looking for, click directly to it in the menu below to get the lowdown.

  • Lowdown Mr. Lee trained the elephants to shoot mud and water from their trunks whenever threatened.

  • He treated me mighty sorry—it was lowdown and mean all the way through, the way he done me—but I didn't mean him no real harm.

  • Here's the behind-the-scenes lowdown on Luna City life and a promoter of Martian dancing girls, vaudeville, and—other things.

  • You can't give up a lowdown trade That your ancestors began; A butcher butchers things, and yet He's the tenderest-hearted man.

  • He could be lowdown and vulgar enough to ask right out if he wished.

  • One is lowdown and contemptible and nasty, and the other is expedient.