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vi.
(bowed)
① 鞠躬,彎身;頷首(表示敬意、應允、招呼等)
The singer bowed as the audience applauded.
聽眾鼓掌時,那名歌手就鞠躬。
He bowed to the mayor.
他向市長鞠躬。
They bowed down to their gods.
他們膜拜他們的神。
We bowed before the Queen.
我們在女王面前鞠躬致敬。
She bowed down upon her knees.
她跪拜。
② 屈服,屈從
He bows to nobody in fighting.
他打架不輸任何人。
She bowed to her father's advice.
她聽從父親的忠告。
He bowed to fate [the inevitable].
他屈從命運[不可避免的事]。
He refused to bow to pressure.
他拒絕屈從壓力。
vt.
① 彎(身);俯(首);低(頭)
He bowed his head in prayer.
他低頭禱告。
② 彎曲(身體、意志等);挫折(★用被動式)
The wind has bowed the trees along the shore.
風使沿岸的樹木彎斜。
He [His back] is bowed with age.
他因年老而彎腰駝背。
She was bowed (down) with [by] care.
她被憂慮壓得抬不起頭來。
③ 點頭或頷首以示(敬意、謝意、應允等)
He bowed his thanks.
他頷首致謝。
④ 鞠躬以迎送(賓客)
He bowed me in [out].
他鞠躬以迎我入內[送我出去]。
He bowed me into [out of] the room.
他鞠躬迎我進入房間[送我走出房間]。
He bowed me to the door.
他鞠躬送我們到門口。
I bowed myself in [out].
我鞠躬入內[退出]。
I bowed myself into [out of] the room.
我鞠躬走進[退出]房間。
n.
① 鞠躬
He made a bow (to me) and left the room.
他(向我)一鞠躬,離開了房間。
He acknowledged me with a bow.
他向我鞠躬[頷首]致意。
with a low bow
以深鞠躬
短语
1.bow and scrape
① 右腳後退行禮;奉承;巴結
2.bow out
① 鞠躬而退;退出;辭退;辭職
After forty years in politics, he finally bowed out.
在從政四十年之後,他終於鞠躬下臺。
3.bow out of ...
① 辭去…;退出…
He decided to bow out of the scheme.
他決定退出那項計畫。
4.make one's bow
① 行鞠躬禮
② 初次與人見面;初次露面公演
③ 鞠躬退下[下臺]
5.take a bow
① 上前謝幕;接受喝采或表彰
The conductor took a bow.
樂隊指揮上前謝幕。
