(adv.) in the lowest position; nearest the ground; 'the branch with the big peaches on it hung lowest'.
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The men engaged in the Mexican war were brave, and the officers of the regular army, from highest to lowest, were educated in their profession. 尤利西斯·格兰特.U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
We have been speaking of life in its lowest terms--as a physical thing. 约翰·杜威.民主与教育.
It was indeed a moveable pair of stairs, the lowest end placed at ten feet distance from the wall of the chamber. 乔纳森·斯威夫特.格列佛游记.
The hole at the bottom of the lowest was covered with a small pot, into the sides of which had been bored a number of holes. 威廉K.戴维.智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
There are three great series of strata beneath the Silurian system in Canada, in the lowest of which the Eozoon is found. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.
They entered it in one of its lowest points, and drove for some time through a beautiful wood stretching over a wide extent. 简·奥斯汀.傲慢与偏见.
The lowest estimate was made by Lord Kelvin in 1867. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
These had elected their officers from highest to lowest and were accepted with their organizations as they were, except in two instances. 尤利西斯·格兰特.U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
Now, mark, Boffin,' returned Silas: 'Mark 'em well, because they're the lowest terms and the only terms. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
They were at the lowest now; they could not be worse. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔.南方与北方.
In operation the material passed first through the upper and middle rolls, and then between the middle and lowest rolls. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
I no longer adhere to my intention of giving with my own mouth rudimentary education to the lowest class. 托马斯·哈代.还乡.
We should in the present times consider this as a very high price for a pair of stockings to a servant of the poorest and lowest order. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
Even with this last serious draw-back, however, the lowest of the various estimates given was twenty thousand pounds. 威尔基·柯林斯.月亮宝石.
But, in the present state of the Spanish market, gold is certainly somewhat nearer to this lowest price than silver. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
Even the lowest soldier is a god, and has his slaves to wait upon him. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯.火星战神.
Social relationships and modes of organized action are reduced to their lowest terms. 约翰·杜威.民主与教育.
With all organic beings, excepting perhaps some of the very lowest, sexual reproduction seems to be essentially similar. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.
Betteredge dropped to the lowest depth of familiarity with me, without a struggle to save himself. 威尔基·柯林斯.月亮宝石.
Or you shall stoop to the lowest infamy of all, and force your way out. 威尔基·柯林斯.月亮宝石.
Orders had been given, long before this movement began, to cut down the baggage of officers and men to the lowest point possible. 尤利西斯·格兰特.U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
Murchison at their head, were until recently convinced that we beheld in the organic remains of the lowest Silurian stratum the first dawn of life. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.
This lowest price is that which barely replaces, with a moderate profit, the stock which must be employed in bringing the commodity thither. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
The lowest roll was set in a fixed bearing at the bottom of the frame, and, therefore, could only turn around on its axis. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
The army of these crusaders, according to the lowest estimates, consisted of 90,000 infantry and 40,000 horsemen. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
The legal rate, it is to be observed, though it ought to be somewhat above, ought not to be much above the lowest market rate. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
We are compelled to accept, not the highest, but the lowest account of the origin of human society. 柏拉图.理想国.
What I would direct then, is that you commence at once reducing baggage to the very lowest possible standard. 尤利西斯·格兰特.U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
But struggling with these better feelings was pride,--the vice of the lowest and most debased creatures no less than of the high and self-assured. 查尔斯·狄更斯.雾都孤儿.
In my heart and my conscience I can say it, Laura's hopes for the future are at their lowest ebb. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.