lowering

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Lowering your standards.
降低你的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。
Try lowering the amount to $125, to get the order approved this time.
嘗試將金額降低到 125 美元，以便這次能夠批準(zhǔn)訂單。
Even though some of this would have to go in lowering marginal rates, it is a little like finding money behind the sofa cushions.
盡琯這樣做從某種程度上講必將導(dǎo)致出現(xiàn)降低邊際稅率的後果，但還是有點(diǎn)像在沙發(fā)墊後麪找到錢的感覺(jué)。

But he says studies have not clearly shown that lowering salt means fewer heart attacks or strokes.
What we've seen is we have a net lowering of energy of the molecule versus the individual atoms.
分子軌道對(duì)於單個(gè)原子軌道來(lái)說(shuō),我們可以看到的是一個(gè)淨(jìng)的能量降低。
麻省理工公開(kāi)課 - 化學(xué)原理課程節(jié)選
How do I keep p1 constant while I'm lowering the volume?
怎麼保持壓強(qiáng)不變,而減小躰積？
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Ford pushed suppliers to develop closed-loop manufacturing processes, which had the added benefit of lowering costs.
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used to describe the sky when it is very dark and it looks as if it is about to rain

You can use lower to refer to the bottom one of a pair of things.
You can use lower to refer to the bottom part of something.
You can use lower to refer to people or things that are less important than similar people or things.
If you lower something, you move it slowly downward.
lowering
If you lower something, you make it less in amount, degree, value, or quality.
lowering
If someone lowers their head or eyes, they look downward, for example, because they are sad or embarrassed.
If you say that you would not lower yourself by doing something, you mean that you would not behave in a way that would make you or other people respect you less.
If you lower your voice or if your voice lowers, you speak more quietly.
&rarrsee also low