lowbrow

英 [ˈləʊbraʊ]

美 [ˈloʊbraʊ]

adj.  无艺术文化修养的; 对艺术文化无兴趣的

复数：lowbrows　

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COCA.32429

牛津词典

adj.

• 无艺术文化修养的；对艺术文化无兴趣的
  having no connection with or interest in serious artistic or cultural ideas

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 浅薄的；庸俗的；格调低的
  If you say that something islowbrow, you mean that it is easy to understand or appreciate rather than intellectual and is therefore perhaps inferior.
  1. His choice of subject matter has been regarded as lowbrow.
     他选择的主题被认为是浅薄的。
  2. ...low-brow novels.
     低俗小说

英英释义

noun

• a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
  Synonym:philistineanti-intellectual

adj

• characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes
  1. lowbrow tastes
  Synonym:lowbroweduncultivated

双语例句

• Feminists rejoice that the author, Murasaki Shikibu, was a woman, even if writing fiction was generally regarded as frivolous and lowbrow; not an activity for men.
  女权主义者为这本书的作者紫式部（MurasakiShikibu）是一位女性而欢欣鼓舞，即使写小说在当时被普遍认为是一种无聊、粗俗，并不是男性应该从事的活动。
• ( informal) someone who is neither a highbrow nor a lowbrow.
  （非正式）既不博学亦不浅薄的人。
• His choice of subject matter has been regarded as lowbrow.
  他选择的主题被认为是浅薄的。
• Culture can be divided into two categories& "highbrow culture" and "lowbrow culture".
  文化可以分为两大类，即知识文化和交际文化。
• She enjoys going to lowbrow action movies once in a while.
  她喜欢偶尔看些通俗的动作片。
• He combines both highbrow solemnness and lowbrow comic sense in his works.
  他的作品集严肃诙谐于一体，融阳春白雪与下里巴人与一炉。
• The modern system of contribution fee and royalty hastened not only the lowbrow literature such as the "Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies" but also the highbrow literature aiming at the "state, nation, class and life" or the "pure arts".
  近代稿费、版税制度，不仅在催生所谓鸳鸯蝴蝶式的市民文学，也在催生以国家、民族、阶级、人生或纯文艺为精神旨归的现代精英文学。
• By churning out loads of lowbrow celebrity gossip and the like, huffpo hopes to be able to draw the traffic necessary to finance more serious content.
  它希望通过大量炮制名人的花边新闻以及其他低俗内容来吸引访问量，从而为严肃报道赚取资金。
• But he has always attracted serious-minded partisans eager to mount a highbrow defense of the lowbrow.
  但他总能吸引热心的坚定支持者，急著以他们的高文化素养为他的低俗文化辩护。
• Koopman has emerged as one of lowbrow's preeminent female artists with her fine detail for beauty – showing the elegance, strengths, and vulnerabilities of femininity.
  库普曼已成为之一，她对美的细节的低俗的杰出女性艺术家-显示优雅，力量，和女性的弱点。