单词 | lower |
释义 | lowerlowersloweredloweringlowerlower2 verb [transitive]1to reduce something in amount, strength etc: We’re lowering prices on all our products!lowerpriceproduct我们要降低所有产品的价格!Helen lowered her voice (=spoke more quietly).lower海伦压低了嗓音。2to move something down OPP raise: The flag was lowered at sunset.belower旗子在日落时降下。THESAURUS: lowerreduce to make the price, amount, or size of something less or smaller: I was hoping they would reduce the price a little.behopewillTry to reduce the amount of energy you use in the home.cut to reduce the price, time, or number of something, especially by a large amount. Cut is often used in everyday English instead of reduce: They’ve cut prices by 30%.priceThe journey time will be cut to under 2 hours.hourThe company plans to cut hundreds of jobs.planhundredjoblower to reduce the amount or level of something – used especially in technical and formal English: A healthy diet lowers the risk of heart disease.lowerThe voting age was lowered to 18.votebelowerAfter twenty minutes, lower the temperature to 150 degrees.minutelowdegreebring sth down to reduce prices, costs, or the level of something, especially because they are too high: Our aim is to bring down the level of unemployment.beThe government has already brought down interest rates.havebringrateslash to reduce an amount or price by a very large amount – used especially in newspapers and advertisements: In some areas, house prices have been slashed.areapricebeslashPrices slashed for one week only!priceslashrelieve/ease to make pain or an unpleasant feeling less strong: The doctor gave her some medicine to ease the pain.giveThere was nothing to relieve the boredom.be |
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