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。
• 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。
• We should not bow down to a foreign power.
  我们绝不屈服于外国势力。
• Look, here she comes now, bow down and stare in wonder.
  看吧，她来了。目光纯净，气质不凡。
• 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。
• I want to bow down before thy feet.
  我要在你脚前敬拜。
• May nations serve you and peoples bow down to you.
  愿多民事奉你，多国跪拜你。
• 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。
• 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。
• When the trees bow down their heads, The wind is passing by.
  树低头时候，就是风过了。