The most striking characteristic of the plants of the alpine zone is their low growth form.

在高山地带，植物的显著特点是生长缓慢。

At the temperatures and pressures humans find comfortable, silica makes the alpha, or so-called “low”, form of quartz.

在人类适宜的温压条件下，二氧化硅形成α-石英，或者我们所说的低温石英。

“Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, ” she replied angrily.

“讽刺是机智的最低形式， ” 她生气地回答。

Yes. There's an English saying that sarcasm is the lowest form of humour, but I think British people can be quite sarcastic at times.

是的。英国有句谚语说，讽刺是最低级的幽默，不过我觉得英国人有时也很爱讽刺人。

Stage Three: The Birth of a Hurricane As the air continues to rise rapidly, an area of low pressure forms beneath it.

第三阶段: 飓风的诞生▁随着空气继续快速上升, 其下方形成一个低压区。

If he says that things cannot degrade, that is, change downwards into lower forms, ask him, who told him that water-babies were lower than land-babies?

如果他说事物不能退化，也就是向下变成低等形式，问他，谁告诉他水婴儿比陆地婴儿低？

And geology tells us that some of the lowest forms, as the infusoria and rhizopods, have remained for an enormous period in nearly their present state.

地质学告诉我们， 一些最低等的物种， 如滴虫和根足类动物， 在很长一段时间内几乎都保持着目前的状态。

At this time, people saw American dance as a lower art form. Graham chose to follow her dream of dancing, even though she was considered too old to begin dancing.

那时候，人们将美国舞蹈视为较低级的舞蹈形式。格雷厄姆选择跟随她跳舞的梦想，即使她开始跳舞的年龄有些太大了。

And given that nuclear is the only low carbon form of energy that provides baseload and is not subject to intermittency, this idea seems like quite a good one.

鉴于核能是唯一一种提供基本负荷且不受间歇性影响的低碳能源形式，这个想法似乎是个不错的想法。

A successful blackguard must enjoy great physical advantages besides a true vocation, and Henry Adams had neither; but no boy escaped some contact with vice of a very low form.

一个成功的黑卫除了真正的职业外， 还必须享有巨大的身体优势， 而亨利·亚当斯两者都没有; 但是没有一个男孩能逃脱与低级恶习的接触。

But the grotesque, the unbelievable, the histrionic incident is about to occur, one of those incidents in which life seems set upon the passionate imitation of the lowest forms of literature.

但是怪诞的、令人难以置信的、戏剧性的事件即将发生，在这些事件中，生活似乎建立在对最低级文学形式的热情模仿之上。

This dignity appeared also in his personality. The last aura of the successful travelling-man had faded from him, that deliberate ingratiation of which the lowest form is the bawdy joke in the Pullman smoker.

这种尊严也体现在他的人格中。成功旅行者的最后一丝光环已经从他身上消失了，那种刻意的讨好，最低级的形式是普尔曼吸烟者的下流笑话。

If we look even to the two main divisions—namely, to the animal and vegetable kingdoms—certain low forms are so far intermediate in character that naturalists have disputed to which kingdom they should be referred.

如果我们甚至看一下两个主要部分— —即动物界和植物界— — 某些低等类型的特征迄今为止处于中间状态， 以至于博物学家对它们应该归入哪个王国存在争议。