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

• Bow down before the God of Death!
  在死亡之神面前屈服吧！
• 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。
• 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！
• Look, here she comes now, bow down and stare in wonder.
  看吧，她来了。目光纯净，气质不凡。
• The Director had to Bow down to the pressure to resign.
  董事必须屈服于辞职的压力。
• Bow down to my queen and king!
  向国王和王后致敬！
• 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。
• Not forced to bow down to a conqueror.
  没有被迫向征服者屈服。
• 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。
• I'm not going to bow down to such wrong opinions.
  我不打算听从这种错误的意见。