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lowly

英 ['ləʊlɪ] 美['loli]
  • adj. 卑贱的;地位低的;谦逊的
  • adv. 谦逊地;位置低下地;低声地

英英释意


1. low or inferior in station or quality;
"a humble cottage"
"a lowly parish priest"
"a modest man of the people"
"small beginnings"
2. inferior in rank or status;
"the junior faculty"
"a lowly corporal"
"petty officialdom"
"a subordinate functionary"
3. used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
4. of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense);
"baseborn wretches with dirty faces"
"of humble (or lowly) birth"