汉英词典
MEANING OF 低声下气
低声下气
(低聲下氣)
lower one's voice and stifle one's anger / soft-spoken and submissive / be obsequious / meek and subservient / speak humbly and under one's breath / speak low and repress one's feelings of revolt / have a servile manner / humber oneself
Describe the humble and submissive manner of speaking and attitude
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他们对银行心慈手软，我们却要低声下气。 They let the Banks off and we have to beg and plead. | ||
他感到有点难为情，低声下气地说，会写作。 He was embarrassed. I can write, he said pathetically. | ||
发言者完全被叫嚷声压住了，教室一片混乱，老师们不得不低声下气。 Speakers have been shouted down, classes disrupted, teachers made to grovel. | ||
“我没有偷金币，”勒布低声下气地说，“所以我反对搜身。” "I did not steal the coin, so I cannot allow a search. " said Lebeau, beggingly. | ||
“如果你是胡克，”他几乎是低声下气地说，“你来告诉我，我是谁？” "If you are Hook," he said almost humbly, "come tell me, who am I?" | ||
