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1 below
❢ When below is used as a preposition to talk about the physical position of something, it is most often translated by au-dessous de: the apartment below mine = l'appartement au-dessous du mien ; below the knee = au-dessous du genou.The most notable exceptions are for the expressions below the ground and below the surface, when sous is used: sous le sol, sous la surface. For other prepositional uses of below and for adverbial uses see the entry below.A prep1 ( under) en dessous de ; the apartment below mine l'appartement au-dessous du mien ; below the knee/the waist au-dessous du genou/de la taille ; below the surface sous la surface ; below (the) ground sous le sol ; one kilometre below the surface à un kilomètre de profondeur ; below sea level au-dessous du niveau de la mer ; his name was below mine on the list son nom était au-dessous du or sous le mien sur la liste ; in the field below the castle dans le champ en contrebas du château ; the valley/river below them/you etc la vallée/rivière en contrebas ;2 (less than: in quantity, degree etc) en dessous de, inférieur à ; below the average/10% en dessous de or inférieur à la moyenne/10% ; below the age of 12 en dessous de 12 ans ; 10° below (freezing) 10° en dessous de zéro ; below target/expectations/inflation inférieur aux objectifs/aux prévisions/à l'inflation ; his performance was below his usual standard sa prestation était bien moins bonne que d'habitude ; your behaviour was (well) below the standard expected of a manager ta conduite n'était pas (du tout) à la hauteur du poste de directeur ;3 ( inferior in rank to) the people below him in the department les gens du service au-dessous de lui ; those below the rank of Major Mil les militaires qui sont au-dessous du grade de major ; a lieutenant is below a captain lieutenant est un grade inférieur à capitaine ; those employees below management level les employés qui ne font pas partie de la direction ; the teams below them in the table ( Sport etc) les équipes moins bien classées qu'eux ;4 ( south of) au sud de, au-dessous de ; below Liverpool/London au sud de Liverpool/de Londres ;5 ( downstream from) en aval de ;6 ( unworthy of) ⇒ beneath A 2.B adv1 ( lower down) 100 metres below 100 mètres plus bas ; the village/the river below le village/la rivière en contrebas ; the people/cars (down) below les gens/voitures en bas ; the apartment below l'appartement en dessous ; seen from below vu d'en bas ; the miners working below les mineurs qui travaillent sous terre ;2 (later on page, in book etc) ci-dessous ; see below voir ci-dessous ; the information below les données ci-dessous ; -
2 low
low [ləʊ]1. adjective• in a low voice ( = softly) à voix basse► low inb. ( = depressed) dépriméc. [behaviour] ignoble2. adverba. ( = in low position) [aim, fly] basb. ( = at low volume, intensity, cost) to turn the heating/lights/music down low baisser le chauffage/la lumière/la musique3. nouna. ( = weather system) dépression f4. compounds• to keep sth low-key faire qch de façon discrète ► low-level adjective bas ( basse f) ; [radiation] faible ; [job] subalterne ; [talks, discussions] préparatoire[rates, holiday] pendant la basse saison* * *[ləʊ] 1.1) Meteorology dépression f2.to be at ou have hit an all-time low — être au plus bas
1) ( close to the ground) [branch, building, chair, cloud] bas/basseon low ground — [flood] dans les basses terres; [built] dans une dépression
2) ( nearly depleted) [reservoir, stocks, level] bas/basse; [battery] faible3) ( minimal) [price, wage] bas/basse; [capacity, speed] réduit; [number, rate] faible; [pressure, temperature] bas/basse4) ( inferior) [mark, standard] mauvais5) ( depressed) déprimé6) ( deep) [tone, voice] bas/basse8) Nautical3.1) ( near the ground) [aim] bas; [bend] très basI wouldn't sink ou stoop so low — fig je ne m'abaisserais pas à ce point-là
2) ( near the bottom)very low (down) on the list — fig tout à fait secondaire
3) ( at a reduced level) [speak] basto turn something down low — baisser [heating, light]
4) [sing] bas4.intransitive verb [cow] meugler•• -
3 junior
A n1 ( younger person) cadet/-ette m/f ; to be 10 years sb's junior être le cadet/la cadette de qn de 10 ans ;2 ( low-ranking worker) subalterne mf ;6 GB = junior doctor ;7 GB = junior minister.B adj1 (low-ranking, not senior) [colleague, worker] ( inferior) subalterne ; ( trainee) débutant ; [post, rank, position] subalterne ; to be junior débuter, avoir peu d'expérience ; more junior moins expérimenté ; he's very junior il a très peu d'expérience ; he is junior to me in the firm il a un grade inférieur au mien dans la compagnie ;2 ( young) [person] jeune ; [fashion, activity, wing of organization] pour les jeunes ; to be junior to sb être plus jeune que qn (by de) ;3 Sport [championship, race, league, team, 100 metres] des cadets ; [champion] jeune, des cadets ; [player, high-jumper] jeune ;
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