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“I wasn't a celebrity—I was a lowly sitcom writer,” he says.
“我不是名人——我是一個卑微的情景喜劇作家，”他說。
For while Jesus was lowly, he wasso with regards to the teachable.
因為耶穌雖然卑微，但他是對那些可教的才這樣。
But, alas, the little blacksmith could admire the Princess only from afar because she was, after all, a princess and he but a lowly blacksmith--not even that tall.
可是，哎，小鐵匠只能遠遠地仰慕著公主，她畢竟是公主啊。而他呢，只不過是一個卑微的鐵匠，而且連個子都不夠高。

But Disney's big breakthrough came when he did an animated cartoon starring a lowly rodent.
This lowly variety is not the kind of imagination I would like readers to use. What a crime!
我不希望讀者們用到這種相對低端的想象方式,罪過啊！你們中有多少人為你們！
耶魯公開課 - 1945年后的美國小說課程節(jié)選
See how from far upon the Eastern road The Star-led wizards haste with odors sweet: O run, prevent them with thy humble ode, And lay it lowly at His blessed feet.
看一下明星引導的術士們是怎么,從東方遙遠的路途上帶著馨香匆忙趕路的：,快些，快把你們卑微的歌辭獻上，謙虛地在他圣潔的腳下安放。
耶魯公開課 - 彌爾頓課程節(jié)選

Chef's tables have been around for a century--they used to be where lowly staff chowed down.
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If you describe someone or something as lowly, you mean that they are low in rank, status, or importance.