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

• We will never bow down to an idol made out of a block of wood.
  我们不会对用木头造的偶象鞠躬。
• I want to bow down before thy feet.
  我要在你脚前敬拜。
• 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。
• I'm not going to bow down to such wrong opinions.
  我不打算听从这种错误的意见。
• Bow down before the God of Death!
  在死亡之神面前屈服吧！
• 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。
• The angels were commanded to bow down.
  众天使受命令要深深鞠躬。
• Be lord over your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you.
  愿你作你弟兄的主；你母亲的儿子向你跪拜。
• The Director had to Bow down to the pressure to resign.
  董事必须屈服于辞职的压力。
• Bow down to my queen and king!
  向国王和王后致敬！