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

• I want to bow down before thy feet.
  我要在你脚前敬拜。
• The Director had to Bow down to the pressure to resign.
  董事必须屈服于辞职的压力。
• But when the trees bow down their heads.
  但当树儿低下头。
• 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。
• Not forced to bow down to a conqueror.
  没有被迫向征服者屈服。
• The angels were commanded to bow down.
  众天使受命令要深深鞠躬。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• May nations serve you and peoples bow down to you.
  愿多民事奉你，多国跪拜你。