- 1卑鄙的、缺德的（指人壞或手段惡劣，不是位置低）
Low-down means dishonest and . A low-down trick is a mean trick that is not fair. You can call a person low-down, or the thing they did. It is everyday speech, a little old-fashioned, and it often sounds American — more like a film than a school essay. It is a strong word: you are not saying someone made a small mistake; you are saying they were dirty about it. Do not mix this with “the low-down” (with the): that is a different use, meaning the real facts or the inside story.
low-down 是「卑鄙的、缺德的」，指人不誠實又刻薄，或是手段不公平。「a low-down trick」就是卑劣的詭計，也可以說一個人 low-down，或說他做的事 low-down。這是日常口語，有點老派，常帶美式感，比較像電影台詞，不像學校作文。語氣很重：不是說對方犯了小錯，而是說他手段骯髒。加上 the 的「the low-down」是另一個用法，指真實的內情或內幕。
組成low（這裡是「品格低、不厚道」）+ down（加重語氣）
同家族的字
- lowthe same “low” that means mean or not decent
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
low-downadj/ˈləʊ.daʊn/
- 1
slangOf a person, worthless, contemptibly of no value; despicable.
- Seemingly here was an intruder who was violating custom. Moreover, the partners had come to look upon this exceedingly rich district as their exclusive property. And so their indignation was extreme. "The low-down, ornery cuss!" said Dobbs. "The nerve of him, crowdin' in on us, just as if there wasn't lots of other places for him to go!"
- You get out of me kitchen, you low-down scrounger! I ain't going to have you in here, giving me cheek to me face and drinkin' beer I got to pay for.
- 2
Down, depressed.
- Nothing ever happens in this town, feeling low-down, not a lot to do around here. I thought that I would go right out of my mind until my friend told me the news.
low-downnoun/ˈləʊ.daʊn/
- 1
An abject or despicable person.
- He was a lowdown because white men made him that way. Don't you agree?
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