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单词 lowly
释义
lowly
adjective
uk
/ˈləʊ.li/us
/ˈloʊ.li/
lowinpositionandimportance, or notrespected:
低等的，卑微的
He took a lowlyjobin aninsurancefirm.他在保险公司得到了一个低级职位。
His firstjobin thehotelwas as a lowlybellboy.他在酒店的第一份工作是当小门童。
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Of little or less importance
(Definition oflowlyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

lowly| American Dictionary

lowly
adjective
us
/ˈloʊ·li/
not havingimportanceorrank:
Inchessit ispossiblefor the lowlypawntobecomethe mostpowerfulpieceon theboard.
(Definition oflowlyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflowly

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These latter three traits are eitherlowlyheritable or too impractical or expensive to collect in commercial populations.
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Even without compensation for injury caused by a rolling girder, thelowlylaborer could thus be a proud member of the ' ' imperial ' ' corporate body.
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At this point many readers of this journal may be wondering what all this lofty (lowly?) discourse has to do with medical ethics.
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Relativelylowlyfigures did not have the resources to buy scores of cultivators.
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Thislowlystatus was reflected in, and exacerbated by, money.
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In short, it is thelowlyp-licensing status of codas and foot-internal onsets that marks them both out as favourable neutralisation sites.
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It asked to grant the best among them somelowlypositions in territorial administration, as a reward for services rendered.
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The social ' catchment ' in the present study is both more local and generally much morelowly.
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A million frightened teenagers or: a hundred and one cheap ways to make your movie more exciting - in praise of thelowlygimmick.
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Scholars of enclosure may profit from more careful attention to the work of thelowlyhedge.
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Initially, life seems happy, but as these children mature, their wild,lowlyand impure natures reassert themselves.
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The dichotomy between ' good' and ' bad ' thus appears more pronounced, with its connotations of obedience, control and rationality, versus aggression,lowlylibidinous behaviour, and irrationality.
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The two noble females threw themselves mindlessly and madly into the arms of the twolowlybut strong males.
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And other bodies that exercise such power are those legislative, administrative, and judicial gatherings-however exalted orlowlythey may be-that generate decisions which are backed by the state's coercive authority.
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Feminine genius was to look quite different, and might include suchlowly, practical talents as that of organization.
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