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(gè)卑微的情景喜劇作家，”他說。
For while Jesus was lowly, he wasso with regards to the teachable.
因?yàn)橐d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(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)地仰慕著公主，她畢竟是公主啊。而他呢，只不過是一個(gè)卑微的鐵匠，而且連個(gè)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(dǎo)的術(shù)士們是怎么,從東方遙遠(yuǎn)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(xiàn)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.