low-down

英 [ˈləʊ daʊn]

美 [ˈloʊ daʊn]

adj.  不公正的; 不诚实的; 欺诈的
n.  真相; (尤指)重要事实

牛津词典

adj.

• 不公正的；不诚实的；欺诈的
  not fair or honest
  1. What a dirty, low-down trick!
     多么肮脏、卑劣的伎俩！

noun

• 真相；（尤指）重要事实
  the true facts about sb/sth, especially those considered most important to know
  1. Jane gave me the low-down on the other guests at the party.
     简告诉了我聚会上其他来宾的真实情况。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 内幕；实情；真相
  If someone gives youthe low-down ona person or thing, they tell you all the important information about them.
  1. We want you to give us the low-down on your team-mates.
     我们希望你告诉我们你的队友的真实情况。
• ADJ-GRADED 卑鄙的；无耻的；下流的
  You can uselow-downto emphasize how bad, dishonest, or unfair you consider a particular person or their behaviour to be.
  1. ...a lowdown, evil drunkard...
     卑鄙下流的醉汉
  2. They will stoop to every low-down trick.
     他们什么卑劣的手段都使得出来。

英英释义

noun

• slang terms for inside information
  1. is that the straight dope?
  Synonym:dopepoopthe skinny

adj

• (of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues
  Synonym:funky
• of the most contemptible kind
  1. abject cowardice
  2. a low stunt to pull
  3. a low-down sneak
  4. his miserable treatment of his family
  5. You miserable skunk!
  6. a scummy rabble
  7. a scurvy trick
  Synonym:abjectlowmiserablescummyscurvy

双语例句

• This kind of woman can behave sadness vast and mightily, if water of river of cloud hill grey is magnificent, also can depict light joy into clear brook shallow water, do not have naturally hinder, a bit does not have low-down self-pity.
  这种女人可以把悲伤表现得浩浩荡荡，如云山苍苍江水泱泱，也可以把淡淡的快乐描绘成清溪浅水，自然无碍，丝毫没有卑微自怜。
• What low-down son of a bitch took my clothes?
  哪个该死的畜生拿了我的衣服？
• Although Hughes was friendly with people from all walks of life, the rich, the middle class and the poor, it was the people he called the "low-down folks" who had the greatest influence on his poetry.
  虽然休斯对来自于社会各阶层的人都很友善，如：富人、中产阶级及贫穷人，而这些所谓的低下阶层的人们对他的诗作影响深远。
• That was a pretty low-down trick to play!
  玩弄那套伎俩真可耻！
• SCARLETT: You're a low-down, cowardly, nasty thing, you!
  思嘉：你下流、怯懦、无耻。你！
• He's just a mean and low-down cheat.
  他完全是个恶劣、卑鄙的骗子。
• Analyzing Low-down Transaction from the Angle of Chess Playing
  从博弈论角度分析股市内幕交易
• Their bare bellies, adorned with shining navel studs and low-down purple tattoos, ask, What else is there to see?
  袒露的小腹上镶着闪亮的脐钉，刺着艳俗下流的纹身&天呐，还有什么没裸露？
• However, the 'low-down viewpoint' of vanguard novels has broken the 'big words' of political ideology from microcosmic angle.
  先锋小说的卑微观点，则从小角度解构政治意识形态的大话。
• They will stoop to every low-down trick.
  他们什么卑劣的手段都使得出来。