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。
• So you know the row won't bow down to no man!
  你就知道我们不会像任何人低头！
• We should not have to bow down to anyone.
  我们不必向任何人示弱。
• I want to bow down before thy feet.
  我要在你脚前敬拜。
• 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。
• I'm not going to bow down to such wrong opinions.
  我不打算听从这种错误的意见。
• Bow down before the God of Death!
  在死亡之神面前屈服吧！
• May nations serve you and peoples bow down to you.
  愿多民事奉你，多国跪拜你。
• 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；
• Be lord over your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you.
  愿你作你弟兄的主；你母亲的儿子向你跪拜。