lowly
adj. 地位低的；卑下的；谦卑的
adv. 位置低下地；低声地；谦逊地
比较级：lowlier 最高级：lowliest 名词：lowliness
近义词：humble，modest，poor，deprived，mean，ordinary，simple，common，meek，submissive，small，menial，lower-ranking，junior-grade，subaltern，baseborn，low，base，secondary，petty，inferior，subordinate，
英英释义
Adjective
- low or inferior in station or quality;
"a humble cottage" "a lowly parish priest" "a modest man of the people" "small beginnings"
- inferior in rank or status;
"the junior faculty" "a lowly corporal" "petty officialdom" "a subordinate functionary"
- used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
- of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense);
"baseborn wretches with dirty faces" "of humble (or lowly) birth"
例句
用作形容词(adj.)
- He was not ashamed of his lowly origins.他并不以自己出身低微为耻。
- The words of the lowly carry little weight.人微言轻。
- The most lowly people of society became dignified beings in Millet's paintings.社会中最卑微的人，却成为米勒画中有尊严的生命。
- The saint had a lowly heart.圣人有谦诚之心。
- His parents are country people with a lowly heart.他的父母是乡下人，心地谦逊。
用作副词(adv.)
- Please read it follow me lowly.你们可以轻声跟读。
- It's bowed lowly before the queen.他向皇后请卑地鞠躬行礼。