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

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