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

• You shall have no foreign god among you; you shall not bow down to an alien god.
  在你当中不可有别的神。外邦的神，你也不可下拜。
• We should not have to bow down to anyone.
  我们不必向任何人示弱。
• I'll bow down and call you master.
  我今天跪下拜你为师。
• But when the trees bow down their heads.
  但当树儿低下头。
• 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。
• The leaves will bow down when you walk by.
  当你走过时，树叶弯下身。
• 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。
• So you know the row won't bow down to no man!
  你就知道我们不会像任何人低头！
• 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。
• We should not bow down to a foreign power.
  我们绝不屈服于外国势力。