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

• May nations serve you and peoples bow down to you.
  愿多民事奉你，多国跪拜你。
• 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。
• Not forced to bow down to a conqueror.
  没有被迫向征服者屈服。
• 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。
• Place the basket before the LORD your God and bow down before him.
  随后你要把筐子放在耶和华你神面前，向耶和华你的神下拜。
• The Director had to Bow down to the pressure to resign.
  董事必须屈服于辞职的压力。
• We should not bow down to a foreign power.
  我们绝不屈服于外国势力。
• I'll bow down and call you master.
  我今天跪下拜你为师。
• 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。