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

• 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。
• 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。
• Bow down to my queen and king!
  向国王和王后致敬！
• 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。
• 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。
• Even if we have a little bit of wisdom left, when we bow down to an image, our wisdom is gone.
  即使有剩下来任何一点智慧的话，当我们一拜下去时，也消失了。
• I'll bow down and call you master.
  我今天跪下拜你为师。
• 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！
• 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。