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

• Bow down to my queen and king!
  向国王和王后致敬！
• Even if we have a little bit of wisdom left, when we bow down to an image, our wisdom is gone.
  即使有剩下来任何一点智慧的话，当我们一拜下去时，也消失了。
• Look, here she comes now, bow down and stare in wonder.
  看吧，她来了。目光纯净，气质不凡。
• Judah, your brothers will praise you; your hand will be on the neck of your enemies; your father's sons will bow down to you.
  犹大啊，你弟兄们必赞美你；你手必掐住仇敌的颈项；你父亲的儿子们必向你下拜。
• Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.
  耶和华啊！求你留心听我、应允我，因为我是困苦贫穷的。
• Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our maker;
  来啊，我们要屈身敬拜，在造我们的耶和华面前跪下。
• 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；
• I want to bow down before thy feet.
  我要在你脚前敬拜。
• 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！