Lowering

(noun.) the act of causing something to move to a lower level.

(noun.) the act of causing to become less.

乔安妮手打

• Why yes, said Joe, lowering his voice, he's left the Church and went into the playacting. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• I don't like these things, but if one carries them out faithfully they are not really lowering. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• But (lowering her voice)nobody speaks except ourselves, and it is rather too much to be talking nonsense for the entertainment of seven silent people. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• A deficient, ill-tempered, lowering, stupid fellow. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Some other method of increasing the production without lowering the quality of the printed sheet must be resorted to--and this is duplication. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• And, lowering his voice, you may as well go back again now. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• He made no reply, but walked on with a lowering face. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• You still persist in your lowering treatment of this case of fever? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• She bent forward, lowering her voice to mitigate the horror. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• I beg pardon, ma'am, said Haley, bowing slightly, with a still lowering brow; but still I say, as I said before, this yer's a sing'lar report. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Fairway then lit a lantern, tied it to another cord, and began lowering it into the well beside the first: Clym came forward and looked down. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• In fact,' said Mrs. Micawber, lowering her voice,--'this is between ourselves--our reception was cool. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• A cloud is lowering on the distant town, towards which I retraced my solitary steps. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• When the diminution of revenue is the effect of the diminution of consumption, there can be but one remedy, and that is the lowering of the tax. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• It means lowering the value of the stone, and cheating the rogues in that way! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.

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