lowdown

英 [ˈləʊdaʊn] 美 [ˈloʊˌdaʊn]

n.  内幕; 实情; 真相
adj.  卑鄙的; 无耻的; 下流的

BNC.49394 / COCA.23639



柯林斯词典

  1. N-SING 内幕;实情;真相
    If someone gives you the low-down on a person or thing, they tell you all the important information about them.
    1. We want you to give us the low-down on your team-mates.
      我们希望你告诉我们你的队友的真实情况。
  2. ADJ-GRADED 卑鄙的;无耻的;下流的
    You can use low-down to emphasize how bad, dishonest, or unfair you consider a particular person or their behaviour to be.
    1. ...a lowdown, evil drunkard...
      卑鄙下流的醉汉
    2. They will stoop to every low-down trick.
      他们什么卑劣的手段都使得出来。

双语例句

  1. Please give me the lowdown.
    请告诉我实际情况。
  2. Just give me the lowdown, and you'll be fine.
    只要告诉我真相,你就没事。
  3. This is the lowdown on the whole event of the so-called election contest.
    这就是整个所谓竞选事件的内幕。
  4. But here's the lowdown!
    不过真相是这样的!
  5. She was very anxious to get the lowdown in her new job.
    她急于知道新工作的内幕细节。
  6. Give me the lowdown on the new manager.
    告诉我那新经理的底细。
  7. Find out why intimacy is an essential ingredient to any relationship and get the lowdown on how to achieve it.
    亲密对于情侣关系是不可或缺的要素,让我们来看一下什么是亲密,如何做才能做到亲密。
  8. In an undertone he gave me the lowdown on them.
    他低声给我有关他们的底细。
  9. Read on for the lowdown on the caring profession.
    请阅读关于社会救助业的内情。
  10. Give me the lowdown what's the secret to get a job around here?
    告诉我一些内幕,要怎么才能得到这里的工作?
  11. "So he's dying, is he, the little prick? Listen, what's the lowdown on this?"
    “这么说这个小滑头快死了是吗?喂,这里面有什么名堂?”
  12. Mark cheated all his friends; he is just a lowdown son of a bitch.
    马克欺骗了所有的朋友;他是母狗养的卑劣的家伙。
  13. The witness gave the police the lowdown on what happened at the party, but when the police arrived at the shelter, the assassinator had absconded.
    目击者把有关聚会上发生的实情告诉了警方,但当警察到达那个刺客隐藏的地方,他早已逃之夭夭了。
  14. We need to adequately utilize dossiers to open out the history lowdown.
    这需要我们充分利用档案资料以揭示历史真相。
  15. Nixon has never give the American people the lowdown on Watergate.
    尼克松从未让美国人民了解水门事件的真相。
  16. The regress test is an important but time-consuming stage in the software test lifecycle, we study the tech-niques of the event capture/ playback in order to automate the regress test procedure, and lowdown the test costs by optimizing test case.
    回归测试是软件测试生命周期中非常重要但十分费时费力的阶段,我们通过研究事件捕获/回放技术,突现回归测试自动化;通过优化测试用例,降低测试费用。
  17. Propeller-induced fluctuating pressure is the important case of the stern vibration which would interference the equipment onboard and lowdown the efficient of the crew.
    螺旋桨脉动压力是造成船艉振动的重要因素,而严重的船尾振动会影响机器设备的正常运行,降低乘员的工作效率。