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

• 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。
• The angels were commanded to bow down.
  众天使受命令要深深鞠躬。
• I want to bow down before thy feet.
  我要在你脚前敬拜。
• Not forced to bow down to a conqueror.
  没有被迫向征服者屈服。
• 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！
• Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our maker;
  来啊，我们要屈身敬拜，在造我们的耶和华面前跪下。
• I'm not going to bow down to such wrong opinions.
  我不打算听从这种错误的意见。
• We should not have to bow down to anyone.
  我们不必向任何人示弱。
• Now I come to Thy holy temple, Bow down at Thy throne of grace;
  我今来到主的圣殿，俯伏施恩宝座前；