基本词汇
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
英英释义
"a humble cottage"
"a lowly parish priest"
"a modest man of the people"
"small beginnings"
"the junior faculty"
"a lowly corporal"
"petty officialdom"
"a subordinate functionary"
"baseborn wretches with dirty faces"
"of humble (or lowly) birth"
经典引文
Her parents would not..consider allowing their daughter to marry a man..of lowly origin.
出自:R. OwenThe lowly status of children..in poverty.
出自:D. Rowe近义词
临近词