genuflect

英 [ˈdʒenjuflekt]

美 [ˈdʒenjuflekt]

v.  (在教堂礼拜时)跪拜，单膝跪拜; 卑躬屈膝

过去式：genuflected　现在分词：genuflecting　第三人称单数：genuflects　过去分词：genuflected　

GRE

BNC.41826 / COCA.28591

牛津词典

verb

• （在教堂礼拜时）跪拜，单膝跪拜
  to move your body into a lower position by bending one or both knees, as a sign of respect during worship in a church
• 卑躬屈膝
  to show too much respect to sb/sth

柯林斯词典

• VERB （尤指在教堂里）跪拜，屈膝下跪
  If yougenuflect, you bend one or both knees and bow, especially in church, as a sign of respect.
  1. He genuflected in front of the altar.
     他在祭坛前跪拜。
• VERB 膜拜；过分重视
  You can say that someoneis genuflecting tosomething when they are giving it a great deal of attention and respect, especially if you think it does not deserve this.
  1. They refrained from genuflecting to the laws of political economy.
     他们拒不向政治经济学定律顶礼膜拜。

英英释义

verb

• bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
  Synonym:scrapekowtow
• bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image

双语例句

• He genuflected in front of the altar.
  他在祭坛前跪拜。
• Of course China was hardly the first country to genuflect in the direction of happiness.
  中国当然不是第一个膜拜幸福感的国家。
• What is genuflect is begged fixed assets depreciation? What does the basis of depreciation have?
  跪求什么是固定资产折旧？折旧的依据有哪些？
• Knows how heart myositis is treated! Genuflect is begged! Who can be saved save me! My fast is dead!
  谁知道心肌炎怎么治疗！跪求！谁能救救我！我快死啦！
• Ceng Yin of advance childe serious side one character is inadvertent affront land and genuflect ground repents, forgive of invocatory blackland ground.
  晋公子重耳曾因一言不慎冒犯土地而跪地忏悔，祈求黑土地饶恕。
• Just because they are ahead of India doesn't mean they can browbeat India and India in turn genuflect before them.
  不能说他们的实力在印度之上就可以打败我们。
• They refrained from genuflecting to the laws of political economy.
  他们拒不向政治经济学定律顶礼膜拜。