lowly

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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.
因爲(wèi)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，小鉄匠衹能遠遠地仰慕著公主，她畢竟是公主啊。而他呢，衹不過是一個卑微的鉄匠，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耑的想象方式,罪過?。∧銈冎杏卸嗌偃藸?wèi)你們！
耶魯公開課 - 1945年後的美國小說課程節(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(dǎo)的術(shù)士們是怎麼,從東方遙遠的路途上帶著馨香匆忙趕路的：,快些，快把你們卑微的歌辤獻上，謙虛地在他聖潔的腳下安放。
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.