a lowbrow
作可数名词,指文化水平不高、趣味通俗的人;用冠词 a 指“一个这样的人”,语气带贬义,也可用于自嘲。
He cheerfully admits that he is a lowbrow who prefers comic books to classic novels.
他欣然承认自己是个更喜欢漫画而不是经典小说的粗人。
低眉艺术;文化水平低的人或事物;20世纪60年代末兴起于洛杉矶的通俗视觉艺术运动,受漫画、朋克音乐、涂鸦等启发;教养浅薄的人
A person or thing regarded as having low education or low cultural taste.
指文化素养或趣味不高的人或事物,常含贬义。
文化水平低的人或事物
Someone or something of low education or culture.
20世纪60年代末兴起于洛杉矶的通俗视觉艺术运动,受漫画、朋克音乐、涂鸦等启发
An underground populist visual art movement that arose in the Los Angeles area in the late 1960s, inspired by comics, punk music, graffiti, etc.
He called his neighbor a lowbrow for enjoying reality TV shows instead of documentaries.
他称邻居为粗俗的人,因为邻居喜欢看真人秀而不是纪录片。
用法提示:lowbrow 作为名词,指教养浅薄的人,与高雅文化爱好者形成对比。
The critic dismissed the film's audience as lowbrows who only want cheap thrills.
这位影评人将这部电影的观众贬低为只想要廉价刺激的粗俗之人。
用法提示:lowbrows 是 lowbrow 的复数形式,用作名词,指缺乏高雅品味的人群。
I felt like a lowbrow at the opera because I couldn't appreciate the performance.
在歌剧院我感觉自己像个粗人,因为我无法欣赏这场表演。
用法提示:lowbrow 作为名词,主语自称,表达因缺乏相关修养而产生的自卑感。
作可数名词,指文化水平不高、趣味通俗的人;用冠词 a 指“一个这样的人”,语气带贬义,也可用于自嘲。
He cheerfully admits that he is a lowbrow who prefers comic books to classic novels.
他欣然承认自己是个更喜欢漫画而不是经典小说的粗人。
复数形式指一群这样的人,也可指通俗的事物或作品;常与高雅文化爱好者对举使用。
The exhibition drew lowbrows and serious collectors alike.
这场展览既吸引了趣味通俗的普通观众,也吸引了严肃的收藏家。
用于“把某人看作……”的结构,as 后接名词;常见动词还有 consider、call、treat。
Many critics regarded the young painter as a lowbrow with no grasp of fine art.
许多评论家认为这位年轻画家是个不懂高雅艺术的粗人。
名词直接放在另一名词前作定语,说明该事物属于通俗、大众口味的类别,如 lowbrow art、lowbrow taste。
The gallery specializes in lowbrow art inspired by comics and graffiti.
这家画廊专门经营受漫画和涂鸦启发的通俗艺术。
grammar · medium
易错句子Many lowbrow enjoy reality TV.
正确表达Many lowbrows enjoy reality TV.
汉语名词没有复数词尾,学习者常把可数名词 lowbrow 直接放在 many 后。lowbrow 是可数名词,在 many 等复数限定词后必须用复数形式 lowbrows。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is lowbrow who only reads comic books.
正确表达He is a lowbrow who only reads comic books.
这里 who 引导的定语从句表明中心词是名词,而单数可数名词 lowbrow 前必须加不定冠词 a;去掉 a 后句子缺少限定词,不合语法。
两者词形只差前缀,但方向相反:lowbrow 指文化层次低、通俗甚至粗俗的人或作品,highbrow 指自视高雅、学问高深的人或作品。两者都能作名词和形容词,选哪个取决于你要说的是“通俗、没文化”还是“高雅、精英”。
两者都以 low 开头,但 lowlife 指品行不端、混迹社会底层的坏人,带强烈的道德谴责;lowbrow 说的是文化品味和教育层次,不含道德评价,还可以指通俗的艺术作品。
意义最接近,但 philistine 偏书面、贬义很重,指对艺术和美毫无感受力的人;lowbrow 更中性、更口语,常形容大众化的品味或作品本身,未必针对某个人。
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