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

• Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to read sackcloth and ashes under him?
  岂是叫人垂头像苇子，用麻布和炉灰铺在他以下吗。
• 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。
• When the trees bow down their heads, The wind is passing by.
  树低头时候，就是风过了。
• He could not bow down to such wrong opinions.
  他不能听从这种错误的意见。
• We should not bow down to a foreign power.
  我们绝不屈服于外国势力。
• The lesson to date is that America, faced with nuclear blackmail, will bow down, dignify and fortify tyrants, fork over loot, and celebrate the process as a victory for diplomacy.
  的教训，迄今为止，美国，面对核讹诈，将弓下来，半岛台和坚定的暴君，交岔路口超过哄抢，和庆祝的过程中作为一个外交胜利。
• 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！
• Not forced to bow down to a conqueror.
  没有被迫向征服者屈服。
• But when the trees bow down their heads.
  但当树儿低下头。
• I'll bow down and call you master.
  我今天跪下拜你为师。