| 单词 | low-level |
| 释义 | low-level (once / 11036 pages) adj Someone who's described as being low-level has very little authority in their job or position. A low-level employee at the F.B.I. might be the person who answers the phone, or who cleans people's offices at the end of the day. A low-level police officer's job might involve giving speeding tickets, rather than investigating murders, and a low-level librarian might be stuck shelving books, instead of ordering new ones or archiving historical manuscripts. Another meaning of low-level is physically low, or at a low altitude: "I feel like I could almost touch that low-level cloud." WORD FAMILYlow-level: lowest-level USAGE EXAMPLESThe D.C. jail houses inmates awaiting trial or convicted of low-level offenses. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) Police said he was a low-level hacker rather than an organizer. Seattle Times(Dec 26, 2016) Kathleen “KT” McFarland started her career as a low-level staffer in the Situation Room of Nixon’s White House and rose under the tutelage of Kissinger. Washington Post(Dec 20, 2016) 1adj at a low level in rank or importance a low-level job low-level discussions Syn inferior of or characteristic of low rank or importance 2adj lower in rank or importance Syn|Ant subordinate adjunct, assistant of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another associatehaving partial rights and privileges or subordinate status secondarybelonging to a lower class or rank underlower in rank, power, or authority subordinatesubject or submissive to authority or the control of another inferiorof or characteristic of low rank or importance dominant exercising influence or control ascendant, ascendent, dominatingmost powerful or important or influential controllingable to control or determine policy governingresponsible for making and enforcing rules and laws overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderatinghaving superior power and influence possessivehaving or showing a desire to control or dominate sovereign, supremegreatest in status or authority or power superior(sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by superiorof or characteristic of high rank or importance 3adj not intense low-level radiation Syn low less than normal in degree or intensity or amount 4adj occurring at a relatively low altitude a low-level strafing run Syn low-altitude low literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension |
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