bow down

英 [baʊ daʊn]

美 [baʊ daʊn]

向…致敬; 向…示弱; 使沮丧; 使不安; 使无望

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 向…致敬；向…示弱
  If you refuse tobow down toanother person, you refuse to show them respect or to behave in a way which you think would make you seem weaker or less important than them.
  1. We should not have to bow down to anyone.
     我们不必向任何人示弱。
• See also:bow

英英释义

verb

• bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head
  1. He bowed before the King
  2. She bowed her head in shame
  Synonym:bow
• get into a prostrate position, as in submission
  Synonym:prostrate

双语例句

• Not forced to bow down to a conqueror.
  没有被迫向征服者屈服。
• Bow down before the God of Death!
  在死亡之神面前屈服吧！
• But when the trees bow down their heads.
  但当树儿低下头。
• Place the basket before the LORD your God and bow down before him.
  随后你要把筐子放在耶和华你神面前，向耶和华你的神下拜。
• I want to bow down before thy feet.
  我要在你脚前敬拜。
• May nations serve you and peoples bow down to you.
  愿多民事奉你，多国跪拜你。
• Now I come to Thy holy temple, Bow down at Thy throne of grace;
  我今来到主的圣殿，俯伏施恩宝座前；
• The angels were commanded to bow down.
  众天使受命令要深深鞠躬。
• He could not bow down to such wrong opinions.
  他不能听从这种错误的意见。
• I can induce hatred and strife at my whim, and all will bow down before me while in my kingdom.
  我可以心血来潮地随意掀起仇恨和冲突，在我的国度中一切都将向我俯首称臣！