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

• 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。
• Bow down to my queen and king!
  向国王和王后致敬！
• But when the trees bow down their heads.
  但当树儿低下头。
• I want to bow down before thy feet.
  我要在你脚前敬拜。
• We should not have to bow down to anyone.
  我们不必向任何人示弱。
• The angels were commanded to bow down.
  众天使受命令要深深鞠躬。
• Look, here she comes now, bow down and stare in wonder.
  看吧，她来了。目光纯净，气质不凡。
• I'll bow down and call you master.
  我今天跪下拜你为师。
• May nations serve you and peoples bow down to you.
  愿多民事奉你，多国跪拜你。
• 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。