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

• 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。
• We should not bow down to a foreign power.
  我们绝不屈服于外国势力。
• But when the trees bow down their heads.
  但当树儿低下头。
• 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！
• 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。
• Not forced to bow down to a conqueror.
  没有被迫向征服者屈服。
• 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。
• Bow down to my queen and king!
  向国王和王后致敬！
• 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。