low-down

英 [ˈləʊ daʊn]

美 [ˈloʊ daʊn]

adj.  不公正的; 不诚实的; 欺诈的
n.  真相; (尤指)重要事实

牛津词典

adj.

• 不公正的；不诚实的；欺诈的
  not fair or honest
  1. What a dirty, low-down trick!
     多么肮脏、卑劣的伎俩！

noun

• 真相；（尤指）重要事实
  the true facts about sb/sth, especially those considered most important to know
  1. Jane gave me the low-down on the other guests at the party.
     简告诉了我聚会上其他来宾的真实情况。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 内幕；实情；真相
  If someone gives youthe low-down ona person or thing, they tell you all the important information about them.
  1. We want you to give us the low-down on your team-mates.
     我们希望你告诉我们你的队友的真实情况。
• ADJ-GRADED 卑鄙的；无耻的；下流的
  You can uselow-downto emphasize how bad, dishonest, or unfair you consider a particular person or their behaviour to be.
  1. ...a lowdown, evil drunkard...
     卑鄙下流的醉汉
  2. They will stoop to every low-down trick.
     他们什么卑劣的手段都使得出来。

英英释义

noun

• slang terms for inside information
  1. is that the straight dope?
  Synonym:dopepoopthe skinny

adj

• (of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues
  Synonym:funky
• of the most contemptible kind
  1. abject cowardice
  2. a low stunt to pull
  3. a low-down sneak
  4. his miserable treatment of his family
  5. You miserable skunk!
  6. a scummy rabble
  7. a scurvy trick
  Synonym:abjectlowmiserablescummyscurvy

双语例句

• To get the low-down on her love life with james.
  逼她供出和詹姆斯的性爱生活。
• What low-down son of a bitch took my clothes?
  哪个该死的畜生拿了我的衣服？
• Don't be fooled by his talk. That low-down four-flusher is not really a movie producer.
  别被他的话骗了。那个无耻的骗子不是真的电影制片。
• Revealing the economic low-down, supervising market.
  披露经济内幕、监督市场行为。
• Keeping this notion in mind, here is the low-down of all the little things that count in a relationship.
  记住这一点，下面是列举出在感情中需要注意的细节。
• SCARLETT: You're a low-down, cowardly, nasty thing, you!
  思嘉：你下流、怯懦、无耻。你！
• We asked women in the biz for their low-down on film-making.
  我们问了娱乐圈里的女性有关电影制作的内幕。
• They will stoop to every low-down trick.
  他们什么卑劣的手段都使得出来。
• Although Hughes was friendly with people from all walks of life, the rich, the middle class and the poor, it was the people he called the "low-down folks" who had the greatest influence on his poetry.
  虽然休斯对来自于社会各阶层的人都很友善，如：富人、中产阶级及贫穷人，而这些所谓的低下阶层的人们对他的诗作影响深远。
• Read newspaper and magazine articles for the low-down on how those companies are doing.
  可以查阅报纸和杂志来了解这些公司的内幕。