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

• On a run in heavy winds, the forces on the sails tend to drive a boat's bow down, so the crew weight is moved far aft.
  对运行在强风的力量往往对帆驾驶渔船的低头弯腰，使船员重量远离船尾。
• Bow down to my queen and king!
  向国王和王后致敬！
• 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。
• But when the trees bow down their heads.
  但当树儿低下头。
• 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；
• We should not have to bow down to anyone.
  我们不必向任何人示弱。
• We should not bow down to a foreign power.
  我们绝不屈服于外国势力。
• 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。
• He could not bow down to such wrong opinions.
  他不能听从这种错误的意见。
• The leaves will bow down when you walk by.
  当你走过时，树叶弯下身。