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

• The angels were commanded to bow down.
  众天使受命令要深深鞠躬。
• Bow down before the God of Death!
  在死亡之神面前屈服吧！
• Place the basket before the LORD your God and bow down before him.
  随后你要把筐子放在耶和华你神面前，向耶和华你的神下拜。
• We should not have to bow down to anyone.
  我们不必向任何人示弱。
• The Director had to Bow down to the pressure to resign.
  董事必须屈服于辞职的压力。
• 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；
• May nations serve you and peoples bow down to you.
  愿多民事奉你，多国跪拜你。
• 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！
• Judah, your brothers will praise you; your hand will be on the neck of your enemies; your father's sons will bow down to you.
  犹大啊，你弟兄们必赞美你；你手必掐住仇敌的颈项；你父亲的儿子们必向你下拜。
• You shall have no foreign god among you; you shall not bow down to an alien god.
  在你当中不可有别的神。外邦的神，你也不可下拜。