英和和英

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˌloʊ.wɚ ˈdaʊn/

名詞

lower-down (plural lower-downs)

1. Someone with lesser superiority or authority in an organization.
   • 2020, Evert Van de Vliert, “The global ecology of differentiation between us and them”, in Nature Human Behavior‎, volume 4, number 3, pages 270-278:

     Humans distinguish between we-groups and they-groups, such as relatives versus strangers and higher-ups versus lower-downs, thereby creating crucial preconditions for favouring their own groups while discriminating against others.

   Antonyms: higher-up, superior

   Synonym: subordinate

使用する際の注意点

Often used in conjunction with higher-up.