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

• We should not bow down to a foreign power.
  我们绝不屈服于外国势力。
• 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。
• We should not have to bow down to anyone.
  我们不必向任何人示弱。
• Not forced to bow down to a conqueror.
  没有被迫向征服者屈服。
• He could not bow down to such wrong opinions.
  他不能听从这种错误的意见。
• 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。
• The lesson to date is that America, faced with nuclear blackmail, will bow down, dignify and fortify tyrants, fork over loot, and celebrate the process as a victory for diplomacy.
  的教训，迄今为止，美国，面对核讹诈，将弓下来，半岛台和坚定的暴君，交岔路口超过哄抢，和庆祝的过程中作为一个外交胜利。
• May nations serve you and peoples bow down to you.
  愿多民事奉你，多国跪拜你。
• Bow down to my queen and king!
  向国王和王后致敬！