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1·Company profits were 5% lower than last year.

公司的利润比去年降低了5%。

—— 《牛津词典》

2·Meditation tends to lower or normalize blood pressure.

静坐易于降低血压或使血压正常化。

—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

3·There were no stores that would lower the tone of the area.

没有一家商店会降低该地区的氛围。

—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

4·I reasoned that changing my diet would lower my cholesterol level.

我推断改变我的饮食会降低我的胆固醇水平。

—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

5·The money could simply go into the public purse, helping to lower taxes.

这笔钱可以直接划入国库，来帮助降低税收。

—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

1·Under such a plan, the government would regulate competition among insurance companies so that everyone gets care at lower cost.

根据这样一个计划，政府会控制保险公司之间的竞争，这样每个人都能以较低价格获得保险。

—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·Employees choosing to move with a relocating company benefit doubly from employer-related housing assistance and lower house prices.

选择和公司一同搬迁的员工既可以得到雇主的住房补助又可以享受较低房价。

—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

3·The open stairway leads to the lower level.

开放式的楼梯通向较低的楼层。

4·These products are on lower shelves so that kids see them.

这些产品放在较低的架子上，这样孩子们就能看到。

5·Elderly people enjoy more time, and this can compensate for lower income.

老年人们享有更多的时间，这可以弥补他们较低的收入。

1·The systems are getting smaller and using lower voltages.

这些系统正变得更小而且使用更低的电压。

—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·Potential home buyers would cheer for lower interest rates.

潜在的购房者会为更低的利率而欢呼。

3·Not only was our defect rate lower, but the architecture and design were superior.

不仅仅是我们的缺陷率更低了，而且我们的架构和设计也更优秀。

4·It was drilled closer to a location called the ice divide, where stresses would have been lower, they say.

他们说，钻探的地点更靠近一个叫做冰分水岭的地方，那里的压力会更低。

5·The lower oxygen pressure found in an aircraft cabin is equivalent to that at 6,000-8,000 feet of altitude.

机舱里的氧分压会更低，其数值跟6000到8000英尺高空的氧分压值一样。

1·We should lower the use of fuels that release greenhouse gases.

我们应该减少使用那些会释放温室气体的燃料。

2·Efficiency is also a great way to lower carbon emissions and help slow global warming.

提高效率也是减少碳排放和帮助减缓全球变暖的好方法。

3·In truth, both lower payments and lower principal would help reduce foreclosures.

事实上，减少本金和降低月供都有助于缓合止赎问题。

4·Slower growth means lower tax revenues and, possibly, lower spending on health.

增长放缓意味着税收减少，卫生开支也有可能减少。

5·Because it USES less heat, the running costs would be lower.

由于这工艺使用较少热，运行费用将减少。

1·I felt a sharp pain in my lower back.

我感到背的下部一阵剧痛。

—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·When the heart beats, an electrical signal passes from the top of the heart, near the atria (upper chambers), down through the ventricles (lower chambers), and the chambers contract in that order.

当心脏跳动时，一个电子信号就会从心脏的顶部传到一个心腔（位于上部），然后是位于下部的心腔，当它收缩时，也是按照这样的顺序。

3·Pain in the lower calf along the Achilles tendon, the cord connecting the heel to the calf muscle.

腓肠肌下部沿着跟腱疼痛，也就是连接脚后跟和腓肠肌的那根绳子。

4·This chamber contains a slightly eccentric cylinder which can be rotated to make either the upper or the lower slots bigger.

该腔室有一个很纤细的偏心气缸，它可以旋转以使唤得下部或者上部狭槽的气流更强。

5·Although I now have lower dentures, I am still waiting on the upper set, and also am missing the end of my tongue, which makes tidy eating impossible.

尽管我已经有了下部的假牙，但我还在等待上部的假牙，以及修复舌头的末端(修复后吃饭才不会显得狼吞虎咽)。

1·States had at least three social levels, usually, an upper class of rulers, a middleclass comprised of managers and merchants, and a lower class of crop producers and agricultural laborers.

国家中至少有三种社会阶层，上层阶级（执政），中产阶级（商人，管理者）和下层阶级（农民，工人）。

2·The main-beams of the lower deck had to be shored with screw-jacks forthwith.

下层甲板的主梁必须立即用螺旋千斤顶进行支撑。

3·This is significant, because it marked a time in ancient history when the lower classes could enjoy some of the perks afforded to royalty.

这一点很重要，因为它标志着古代史上的一个时间，从此下层人物也可以享受某些赋予皇室的福祉。

4·The surface of the submerged skyscraper sustains a smallforest, while the lower levels contain spaces for its inhabitants tolive and work.

这座水下摩天大楼的表层供养着一片小森林，其下层空间供居民生活和工作。

5·The lower floors are separated with large shop-windows that underlie tectonics.

下层保持着独立性，在主结构以下还有宽大的贩卖窗口。

1·The lower reaches of the river are navigable for steamers.

这河的下游能够行驶轮船。

—— 《新英汉大辞典》

2·The upper and lower halves of the village then struggle against each other – by any means necessary – to carry the ball some 225 yards back to their respective riverbanks.

然后，村子里住在上游和下游的村民们分成两队彼此搏斗——通过任何必要的方式——把球携带大约225码，回到他们各自所在的河岸。

3·Another match was marked by the upper village hiding the ball under pipes near the lower village river.

在另一届比赛中，上游居民们把球藏匿到下游河流附近的管道下面。

4·Taken on Christmas Eve of 2009, this image shows the lower 45 kilometers of the Tsauchab River, a famous landmark for Namibians, tourists, and for orbiting astronauts.

这张2009年12月24日(圣诞前夕)拍摄的图片向我们展示了乔彻伯河(Tsauchab River，参考：在Google Map搜索)下游最后45公里的景色，纳米比亚人、旅游者和航天员把这里作为一个著名的地标。

5·The most obvious changes was a missing or rudimentary 13th rib and an additional vertebra in the lower backbone.

最明显的改变是第13条肋骨的缺失或发育不全，及下游脊柱附加椎骨的出现。

1·The nation's highest court reversed the lower court's decision.

该国的最高法院推翻了下级法院的判决。

—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·It upheld verdicts in lower courts and ruled that in view of the complex scientific issues involved.

鉴于所涉及的复杂科学问题，法院维持了下级法院的判决。

3·Except in special circumstances, higher leading bodies should not interfere with matters that ought to be handled by lower organizations.

凡属应由下级组织处理的问题，如无特殊情况，上级领导机关不要干预。

4·Although Judge garzon stopped his inquiry, passing the case down to lower courts, his action rekindled ancient hatreds.

虽然加尔松法官停止了调查，将此案下达至下级法院，但他的行动再度激起了过去的仇恨。

5·The judge upheld the lower courts decision.

法官支持下级法院的原判。

1·What about the lower animals?

低等动物怎么办呢？

2·If this is the true standpoint, the lower animals appear to enjoy a happier destiny than man.

如果这是正确的立场，低等动物似乎享有比人类更幸福的命运。

3·At the same time, some drugs are also known to have anti-ageing properties-again, in "lower" animals.

同时，我们也得知有些药物也有防止衰老的特性——也是对于“较为低等”的动物。

4·Particularly the insects and lower organisms.

特别是昆虫和低等生物。

5·Their Asian features-narrow eyes flat noses broad cheeks-have set them apart in a DE facto lower caste reminded so often of their inferiority that some accept it as truth.

他们所具有的亚洲人的特征——细长眼睛、扁平鼻子、宽阔的脸颊——让他们成为低等阶层，时刻提醒他们低人一等，而有些人完全接受这种说法。