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1. He was not ashamed of his lowly origins.
他并不以自己出身低微为耻。
2. lowly
2. He was a gentle, lowly, and unassuming man.
他是个温和、谦卑、不摆架子的人。
1. 低的:lowliness 低微 | lowly 低的 | lowness 低
2. 普通的:chromium 铬 | lowly 普通的 | ribbon machine 制造灯泡的机器
3. 它们是可怜的小动物 看在老天份上:These lambs are not from outer space.|这些小... | They are poor,lowly,lowly animals,for Christ's sake.|它们是可怜的小动物 看在老天份上 | Do they not know their little arms are too short to box with God?...
4. 低的,矮的:the movement west 西进运动 | lowly 低的,矮的 | still stumped 仍未知如何处置
1. 卑微的;低级的;无足轻重的
If you describe someone or something as lowly, you mean that they are low in rank, status, or importance.
e.g. ...lowly bureaucrats pretending to be senators...
假称是参议员的低级官员
e.g. He was irked by his lowly status.
他为自己地位卑微而恼恨。
adj
1. of low birth or station (`base'' is archaic in this sense)
e.g. baseborn wretches with dirty faces
of humble (or lowly) birth
2. inferior in rank or status
e.g. the junior faculty
a lowly corporal
petty officialdom
a subordinate functionary
Synonym: junior-gradelower-rankingpetty(a)secondarysubaltern
3. used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
4. low or inferior in station or quality
e.g. a humble cottage
a lowly parish priest
a modest man of the people
small beginnings