lowbrow

IPA/ˈləʊbraʊ/
IPA/ˈləʊbraʊ/

lowbrow — 形容詞

  • lowbrowpositive
  • lowbrowercomparative
  • lowbrowestsuperlative

1. describing movies, books, TV shows, or other forms of entertainment that aim to

1.形容詞B2
釋義

通俗；低俗

不需深度思考或文化素養

describing movies, books, TV shows, or other forms of entertainment that aim to be fun and easy to follow, without expecting the audience to know about art, literature, or serious ideas

例句

Lucía enjoys lowbrow reality TV after work with no need to think hard.

Lucía 下班後喜歡看通俗的實境節目，不用費力思考。

Critics called the film lowbrow entertainment, yet it was the summer's biggest hit.

影評人稱這部電影為低俗娛樂，但它卻是暑假最賣座的片子。

passive: 'dismissed as lowbrow' — pattern for expressing negative cultural judgment

常見搭配
  • lowbrow entertainment
  • lowbrow humor
  • lowbrow comedy
  • lowbrow taste
  • lowbrow culture
  • lowbrow television
  • lowbrow magazine
  • dismiss something as lowbrow
同義詞
  • simple

    neutral; describes anything easy to understand, without the cultural judgment of lowbrow

  • unsophisticated

    slightly more formal; can describe both things and people

  • trashy

    more negative and informal; suggests something is of poor quality or bad taste

反義詞
  • highbrow

    the direct opposite; requiring or showing serious intellectual or cultural knowledge

  • intellectual

    involving deep thought or serious ideas

文法句型

lowbrow + noun (entertainment, humor, taste, culture)

用法筆記

Often used in cultural discussions to contrast with 'highbrow' (serious and intellectual) or 'middlebrow' (somewhere in between). Calling something lowbrow usually carries a slightly dismissive or judgmental tone.

常見錯誤

The film had lowbrow acting and a bad script.
The film was lowbrow
just simple entertainment with no deeper meaning.' — 'lowbrow' describes the level of intellectual demand, not the quality or technical skill involved.

同根字

  • highbrow
    形容詞B2
  • middlebrow
    形容詞C1

常見搭配

名詞搭配

常用片語

  • dismiss something as lowbrow
  • consider something lowbrow