低调 低調 dī diào low pitch / quiet (voice) / subdued / low-key / low-profile 低地球轨道 low Earth orbit / low orbit / low-altitude orbit 低水平放射性废物 低水平放射性廢物 dī shuǐ píng fàng shè xìng fèi wù low-activity waste / low-level waste / low-level radioactive waste 低沉 dī chén (of weather) overcast / gloomy / (of a voice) low and deep / low-spirited / downcast syn 低级 低級 dī jí low level / rudimentary / vulgar / low / inferior syn 下级 下級 xià jí low ranking / low level / underclass / subordinate syn 低压 低壓 dī yā low pressure / low voltage 低档 低檔 dī dàng low-grade / of low worth or rank / poor quality / inferior syn 低潮 dī cháo low tide / low ebb 低分 dī fēn low marks / low score 低碳 dī tàn (attributive) low-carbon / low-carb (diet) 高不成低不就 gāo bù chéng dī bù jiù can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom) / not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one 低缓 低緩 dī huǎn low and unhurried (voice etc) / low and gently sloping (terrain) syn 洼 窪 wā depression / low-lying area / low-lying / sunken syn 高不凑低不就 高不湊低不就 gāo bù còu dī bù jiù can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom) / not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one 高低不就 gāo dī bù jiù can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom) / not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one 平均大潮低潮面 píng jūn dài cháo dī cháo miàn mean low-water springs / spring low-water 低潮线 低潮線 dī cháo xiàn low-water line / LW line / low-tide mark 平均小潮低潮面 píng jūn xiǎo cháo dī cháo miàn mean low-water neaps / neap low-water 低毒性浓度 低毒性濃度 low toxic concentration / toxic concentration low 低当量核武器 低當量核武器 low-yield nuclear weapon / low-yield weapon 干潮 乾潮 gān cháo low tide / low water V沟 V溝 V gōu low neckline that reveals the cleavage / décolleté / gully / low neckline that reveals the cleavage / décolleté / gully 水丝 水絲 shuǐ sī (silver) of low purity / low grade 沉潜 沉潛 chén qián to lurk under water / to immerse oneself in (study etc) / to lie low / to keep a low profile / quiet / reserved / self-possessed 大头兵 大頭兵 dà tóu bīng low-ranking soldier / (by extension) low-level employee 廉航 lián háng low-cost carrier / low-cost airline / budget airline (abbr. for 廉價航空|廉价航空[lian2 jia4 hang2 kong1]) 望远镜 望遠鏡 wàng yuǎn jìng binoculars / telescope / CL:付[fu4],副[fu4],部[bu4] syn 重叠 重疊 chóng dié to overlap / to superimpose / to telescope / to run together / to duplicate / one over another / superposition / an overlap / redundancy / reduplication (in Chinese grammar, e.g. 散散步[san4 san4 bu4] to have a stroll) syn 狙击步枪 狙擊步槍 jū jī bù qiāng sniping rifle / telescope rifle 射电望远镜 射電望遠鏡 shè diàn wàng yuǎn jìng radio telescope 哈伯太空望远镜 哈伯太空望遠鏡 hā bó tài kōng wàng yuǎn jìng Hubble Space Telescope 赤道仪 赤道儀 chì dào yí equatorial mount (for a telescope) 阿波罗望远镜 Apollo Telescope Mount 无线电望远镜，射电望远镜 無線電望遠鏡，射電望遠鏡 radio telescope 空间望远镜 Space Telescope 宽带X射线望远镜 寬帶X射線望遠鏡 broad band X-ray telescope 高级X射线望远镜 高級X射線望遠鏡 Advanced X-Ray Telescope Facility 英国红外望远镜 英國紅外望遠鏡 yīng guó hóng wài wàng yuàn jìng United Kingdom Infra-Red Telescope 航天飞机红外望远镜 航天飛机紅外望遠鏡 háng tiān fēi jī hóng wài wàng yuàn jìng Shuttle Infra-red Telescope Facility 冷却望远镜 冷卻望遠鏡 lěng què wàng yuàn jìng cooled telescope 大型空间望远镜 大型空間望遠鏡 large space telescope 空间红外望远镜设施 空間紅外望遠鏡設施 Space Infrared Telescope Facility 掠入射太阳望远镜 掠入射太陽望遠鏡 Grazing Incidence Solar Telescope γ射线望远镜 γ射線望遠鏡 gamma-telescope 天眼 tiān yǎn nickname of the FAST radio telescope (in Guizhou) 低耗 dī hào low consumption (energy, fuel etc) 低能源密集 dī néng yuán mì jí low-energy intensity 能源密集程度低 néng yuán mì jí chéng duó dī low-energy intensity 使用低能加速器研究旅行 Study Tour on the Utilization of Low-Energy Accelerators 低碳能源 dī tàn néng yuán low-carbon energy source 能源 néng yuán energy sources / energy 节能 節能 jié néng to conserve energy / to minimize energy consumption syn 寄托 寄託 jì tuō to entrust (to sb) / to place (one's hope, energy etc) in / a thing in which one invests (one's hope, energy etc) syn 邪气 邪氣 xié qì evil influence / unhealthy trend / (a person's) evil air / aura of wickedness / (TCM) pathogenic energy (opposite: 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4], vital energy) syn 可再生能源和能效伙伴关系 Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership 能量平衡 energy balance / energy budget 能量结算 energy balance / energy budget 能量预算 energy balance / energy budget 全球能源效益和可再生能源基金 Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund 能源共同体条约 Treaty establishing the Energy Community / Energy Community Treaty 合理使用能源奖励制度 hé lǐ shǐ yòng néng yuán jiǎng lì zhì duó Incentive System for the Rational Use of Energy System of Incentives for the Rational Use of Energy on a Regional Basis 能源宪章能源效率和有关环境问题议定书 Energy Charter Protocol on Energy Efficiency and Related Environmental Aspects 原子能机构聚变能会议 IAEA Fusion Energy Conference / Fusion Energy Conference; 为和平目的使用核能 use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes / peaceful uses of nuclear energy 面向小型能源用户的能源筹资服务 面向小型能源用戶的能源籌資服務 Financing Energy Services for Small-scale Energy-users 能源路线 néng yuán lù xiàn energy path / energy strategy 能源战略 néng yuán zhàn lüè energy path / energy strategy 净能源 淨能源 jìng néng yuán energy returned on energy invested 能源产出与能源投入的比率 能源產出與能源投入的比率 energy returned on energy invested 生物能量转化 生物能量轉化 bio-conversion / biological energy conversion / photobiological energy conversion 光生物能量转化 光生物能量轉化 bio-conversion / biological energy conversion / photobiological energy conversion 能源和可持续发展专题信托基金 能源和可持續發展專題信托基金 Thematic Trust Fund on Energy for Sustainable Development / Thematic Trust Fund on Energy 能源专题信托基金 能源專題信托基金 néng yuán zhuān tí xìn tuō jī jīn Thematic Trust Fund on Energy for Sustainable Development / Thematic Trust Fund on Energy 氢能源 氫能源 qīng néng yuán hydrogen energy (energy derived from using hydrogen as a fuel) 灌水 guàn shuǐ to irrigate / to pour water into / to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping) / to cook the books / to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums 隐藏 隱藏 yǐn cáng to hide / to conceal / to mask / to shelter / to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden) / to hide oneself / to lie low / to nestle / hidden / implicit / private / covert / recessed (lighting) syn 低价 低價 dī jià low price syn 低声 低聲 dī shēng in a low voice / softly syn 小人 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old) / I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) / nasty person / vile character syn 回落 huí luò to fall back / to return to low level after a rise (in water level, price etc) syn 小声 小聲 xiǎo shēng in a low voice / (speak) in whispers 低端 dī duān low-end 不快 bù kuài unhappy / in low spirits / (of a knife) not sharp syn 低下 dī xià low status / lowly / to lower (one's head) syn 廉价 廉價 lián jià cheaply-priced / low-cost syn 小妹 xiǎo mèi little sister / girl / (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc) 深沉 shēn chén deep / profound / (of a person) reserved / undemonstrative / (of a voice, sound etc) deep / low-pitched syn 低廉 dī lián cheap / inexpensive / low syn 低温 低溫 dī wēn low temperature 低迷 dī mí blurred (landscape etc) / low (spirits) / in a slump (economy) syn 自卑 zì bēi to have low self-esteem / to abase oneself syn 低成本 dī chéng běn low cost / inexpensive 埋伏 mái fú to ambush / to lie in wait for / to lie low / ambush syn 偏低 piān dī to be on the low side / to be inadequate (e.g. of a salary) 下流 xià liú lower course of a river / low-class / mean and lowly / vulgar / obscene syn 淡水 dàn shuǐ potable water (water with low salt content) / fresh water 低谷 dī gǔ valley / trough (as opposed to peaks) / fig. low point / lowest ebb / nadir of one's fortunes syn 苦闷 苦悶 kǔ mèn depressed / dejected / feeling low syn 