lowers

英 [ˈləʊəz , ˈlaʊəz] 美 [ˈloʊərz , ˈlaʊərz]

v.  把…放低; 使…降下; 减少; 缩小; 降低
v.  变昏暗; 变恶劣; 变阴沉
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  1. ADJ-COMPAR （成对物中）下方的，下面的
    You can use lower to refer to the bottom one of a pair of things.
    1. She bit her lower lip.
      她咬了咬下唇。
    2. ...the lower deck of the bus...
      公共汽车的下层
    3. The upper layer of felt should overlap the lower.
      毛毡的上层应与下层重叠。
    4. ...the lower of the two holes.
      两个洞中下面的那个
  2. ADJ-COMPAR 底端的；底部的
    You can use lower to refer to the bottom part of something.
    1. Use a small cushion to help give support to the lower back.
      用一个小靠垫帮助支撑腰部。
    2. ...fires which started in the lower part of a tower block.
      从塔楼底部开始烧起的大火
  3. ADJ-COMPAR 较低级的；低等的
    You can use lower to refer to people or things that are less important than similar people or things.
    1. Already the awards are causing resentment in the lower ranks of council officers...
      奖项已使政务委员会的低层官员们愤愤不平。
    2. The nation's highest court reversed the lower court's decision...
      该国最高法院已推翻了下级法院的判决。
    3. The higher orders of society must rule the lower.
      上层社会必须统治下层社会。
  4. VERB （缓慢地）降下，放下
    If you lower something, you move it slowly downwards.
    1. Two reporters had to help lower the coffin into the grave...
      两名记者不得不帮忙把灵柩慢慢地放进墓穴中。
    2. Sokolowski lowered himself into the black leather chair...
      索科洛夫斯基缓缓地坐到黑色皮椅上。
    3. 'No movies of me getting out of the pool, boys.' They dutifully lowered their cameras.
      “小伙子们，不要拍摄我从泳池出来的画面。”他们便乖乖地把摄像机放下了。
  5. VERB 降低；减少；减弱
    If you lower something, you make it less in amount, degree, value, or quality.
    1. The Central Bank has lowered interest rates by 2 percent...
      中央银行已将利率调低了两个百分点。
    2. This drug lowers cholesterol levels by binding fats in the intestine.
      这种药通过黏合肠内的脂肪降低胆固醇水平。
  6. VERB 垂下，低下（头或眼睛）
    If someone lowers their head or eyes, they look downwards, for example because they are sad or embarrassed.
    1. She lowered her head and brushed past photographers as she went back inside...
      她再次回到里面时低着头，与摄影师擦身而过。
    2. She lowered her gaze to the hands in her lap.
      她低头盯着放在大腿上的双手。
  7. VERB 降低，贬低（身份）
    If you say that you would not lower yourself by doing something, you mean that you would not behave in a way that would make you or other people respect you less.
    1. Don't lower yourself, don't be the way they are...
      不要自贬身份,不要学他们那样。
    2. I've got no qualms about lowering myself to Lemmer's level to get what I want.
      为得到我想要的东西，我一点都不忌讳把自己降格到跟莱麦尔一样。
  8. V-ERG 压低，放低（声音）
    If you lower your voice or if your voice lowers, you speak more quietly.
    1. The man moved closer, lowering his voice...
      那个男子靠上前去，压低了声音。
    2. His voice lowers confidentially.
      他神秘地压低了嗓音。
  9. See also: low
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双语例句

  1. The Chancellor's statement lowers expectations of an early election
    总理的发言使人们对提前选举不再抱太大期望。
  2. This drug lowers cholesterol levels by binding fats in the intestine.
    这种药通过黏合肠内的脂肪降低胆固醇水平。
  3. His voice lowers confidentially.
    他神秘地压低了嗓音。
  4. Depression lowers the human ability to cope with disease.
    抑郁症会降低人体对疾病的抵抗力。
  5. Friction lowers the efficiency of a machine.
    摩擦减低机器的效率。
  6. This lowers stress on the dreamer.
    这给做梦的人缓解了压力。
  7. Horizontal scaling of our application clearly improves overall throughput and lowers average response time.
    我们的应用程序的水平扩展明显改善了总体吞吐量，并降低了平均响应时间。
  8. This effectively doubles their scalability per box and lowers the total cost of ownership.
    这有效地加强了每台服务器的可伸缩性，并且降低了总体拥有成本。
  9. Doing so lowers latency and also increases the performance of your applications.
    这样做可以降低延迟，还可以提高应用程序的性能。
  10. This greatly lowers the overhead of invoking a service.
    这大大地降低了调用服务的开销。
  11. All of this lowers the learning curve and the reuse risks.
    所有这些将降低学习曲线的影响和减少重用风险。
  12. This type of ADD-like behaviour causes stress levels to rise, and lowers our productivity.
    这种叠加的行为模式提高了压力水平，减少了我们的效率。
  13. But this lowers the relative incentives to export, thereby reducing the export growth required to restore credit worthiness.
    但是，这就减少了对出口的相对鼓励，从而降低了恢复资信所需的出口增长。
  14. The messenger molecule also eliminates dangerous clots, lowers high blood pressure and reduces artery-clogging plaque formation.
    这个信号分子也能清除危险的血凝块，降低高血压和减少堵塞动脉的斑块形成。
  15. This lowers the costs of development.
    这样做会降低发展的成本。
  16. The machinery used in cultivation and harvesting lowers labor costs and time per unit of output.
    在耕种和收获过程中使用机器，降低了每单位产品所需的劳动力成本和时间。
  17. Lowers a person's blood pressure.
    能够降低人的血压。
  18. This lowers the interest burden for future taxpayers.
    它降低了未来纳税人的利息负担。
  19. Discoloring impurities lowers the brightness of kaolin and limits its use.
    致色杂质降低了高岭土的亮度并限制了它的应用范围。
  20. The utility model greatly increases the work efficiency and lowers the safety hidden trouble to the lowest degree.
    本实用新型大大提升了工作效率，且将安全隐患降低到最小的程度。
  21. The spontaneous change lowers the potential energy in that case.
    在这个例子中，自发变化减小了势能。
  22. They also may improve the levels of sugar in the blood. It also lowers blood levels of homocysteine.
    还可以通过提高血液中的糖分，它还可以降低高半胱氨酸中的血压。
  23. "That not only lowers market efficiency but also hampers industry expansion," he said.
    这不仅降低了市场效率，而且也影响了产业的发展。
  24. Worse, it lowers the quality of discussion and leads to bad decisions.
    更糟的是，它降低了讨论的质量，导致了糟糕的决策。
  25. This application reduces fuel consumption and lowers volatility in modern specifications.
    此应用程式降低了燃料的消耗量，并降低了现代的规范中的波动。
  26. It is generally not fatal, but it lowers the patient's resistance to other diseases.
    它一般不会致命，但它能降低病人对其他疾病的抵抗力。
  27. Tip: Green tea also lowers your cholesterol.
    小贴士：绿茶也能降低你的胆固醇。
  28. A poor diet lowers one's resistance to illness.
    饮食不佳会减低对疾病的抵抗力。
  29. Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system.
    笑可降低应激激素水平，并加强免疫系统。
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