| 词汇 | low life |
| 释义 | low lifeWord family verbloweradjectivelowermostlowishlowlyLow Churchlow-cutlow-downlow-fatlow-keylow-paidlow-pitchedlow-pressurelow-rentlow-riselow-slunglow-spiritedlownounlowliheadlowlinesslownesslowballinglowboylowbrowlowlandlowlanderlow lifelowlightlow profilelow tideLowveldlowingadverblowlily Sociology, Crime ˈlow life noun 1 [uncountableU]SSCLASS IN SOCIETY the life and behaviour of people who are involved in criminal or immoral activities 下层社会的生活 a novel about low life in Chicago in the 1930s 描写20世纪30年代芝加哥下层社会生活的小说 2 [countableC] (also lowlife) American EnglishAmE informalSCCBAD PERSON someone who is involved in crime or who is bad 罪犯；恶棍 Pete turned out to be a real lowlife. 皮特原来是个十足的恶棍。 —lowlife /ˈləʊlaif $ ˈloʊ-/ adjectiveadj American EnglishAmE informal Charlie may be lowlife, but he isn’t stupid. 查利也许很坏，但是他并不笨。 Examples from the Corpus low life• They frequently suffer chest infections and have a low life expectancy.• Kevin, alias Macaulay Culkin, this time runs riot through New York's high life and low life.• Since his youth he had studied all forms of low life in both Paris and London.• De Beauvoir was fascinated with brothels, prostitutes and other forms of low life.• As in Shakespeare, there are scenes of high life and scenes of low life.• In 1932 he returned to Bubu de Montparnasse, a novel of Parisian low life which underlay passages in his urban poetry. |
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