| 词汇 | lowered |
| 释义 | lowered past simple and past participle oflower lower verb[ T ] uk /ˈləʊ.ər/ us /ˈloʊ.ɚ/ lowerverb[T] (MOVE)B2 to move something into a low position: 降低，使下降 They lowered the coffin into the grave.他们把棺材放入了墓穴。 Heavily pregnant by now, she lowered herself carefully into the chair.因为现在重孕在身，她小心翼翼地在椅子上坐下。 He lowered his eyes (= looked down) in embarrassment when he saw me.他看到我后尴尬地垂下了双眼。 We lowered the floors to give more space in the rooms. He lowered the flag and the cars were off. They lowered the old man into a chair. We lowered the wall to let in more light. She lowered her hand so that I could see what she was holding. Raising and lowering depress elevate elevated erect hike hike something up hoick hoist hold hold up jack prise prize pry put something up re-erect ride ride up run yo-yo lowerverb[T] (REDUCE)B2 to reduce something: 减少，降低 Interest rates have been lowered again.利率又降了。 Boil for five minutes, then lower the heat and simmer for half an hour.煮上5分钟，然后调到小火再炖半小时。 Please lower your voice (= speak more quietly).请说话小声点儿。 to become smaller or less decreaseThe tests show that the tumour has decreased in size since we started treatment. lessenA healthy diet lessens your risk for cardiovascular disease. lowerThey've just lowered the age at which you can join. reduceThey've just reduced the price. bring downThey are bringing down their prices. dropStock prices dropped today after the company's announcement. to make something worse than it was before: 使下降，降低 a lowering of standards标准的降低 humorousDale lowered the tone of the evening (= made it less socially acceptable) by telling a dirty joke.戴尔讲了一个黄色笑话，破坏了晚会的气氛。 He had hoped to become a doctor, but he had to lower his sights after his disappointing exam results.他原希望成为一名医生，但令人失望的考试成绩迫使他降低目标。 You should lower your speed as you approach a junction. The doctor told me to sponge Erik down with cold water in order to lower his temperature.医生告诉我用冷水给埃里克擦身，以帮他降低体温。 The government has done much to lower unemployment. We are trying to lower absence due to ill health. Becoming and making smaller or less abridgment attenuate attenuated attenuating attenuation compress contraction damp dwindling ease ease someone's mindidiom ease up/off fall away reducible reduction resize retreat rightsize telescope tumble You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Deteriorating and making worse lowerverb[T] (BEHAVE BADLY)lower yourself to behave in a way that makes people lose respect for you: 降低身份 [ + to infinitive ]I wouldn't lower myself to respond to his insults if I were you.我要是你就不会贬低自己的身份去理睬他的辱骂。 Bad and wrong behaviour act out angel ASB astray at your worstidiom be up to no goodidiom go off the railsidiom go round gross misconduct hellion immoralist profligacy profligate raise hellidiom rakish rakishly unprofessionally unworthily unworthy villainy Examples of loweredlowered In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Further, flat affect may represent a condition involving lowered dopamine turnover. Conversely, canopy trees show slower dynamics, with probabilities of mortality and recruitment lowered by a mean factor of about 0.5 with respect to other species. Each of the seasonal factors increased the impact of the insecticide because they lowered the population's growth potential. Traps were either emptied where they were hanging, or sealed with tape and lowered to the ground. Studies have reported elevated self-esteem following successful treatment and lowered self-esteem following treatment failure. We suggest that increased cortisol secretion and lowered tryptophan availability increase the risk of mood disorders in carers. As stocking rate increases sward utilization improves, but at the cost of lowered output per head, because of grazing severity restricting animal intake. However, if one wants to integrate further in time, the resistivity has to be lowered to avoid too much diffusion of the current. The data included word-final items, which, perhaps because they were taken from connected speech contexts, had centralized rather than lowered formant values. If a contraction signals a permanent downward change in government expenditure, private agents expect future taxes to be permanently lowered. Needless to say, reduced costs were primarily a consequence of lowered labor costs. Significant psychological factors, including stigmatization, lowered self-esteem, and anxiety, are experienced by those of both carrier and noncarrier status. In other words, despite the complaints of pastoralists, they were achieving slightly lowered costs from their shepherds by increasing flock sizes. If collapses occur, however, the sensor system has to re-examine the whole stack every time, and the overall performance will be lowered. In effect, the lowered premiums, enriched benefit packages, and reduced cost-sharing characteristic of early managed care products could no longer be 'financed' by provider discounts. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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