genuflect是什么意思_英语genuflect中文翻译_牛津英汉词典

genuflect是什么意思_英语genuflect中文翻译_牛津英汉词典_英语词典

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genuflect genuflect
/ 5dVenjE7flekt /

◙ verb
1. [no obj.] lower one's body briefly by bending one knee to the ground, typically in worship or as a sign of respect
• 单膝下跪
»she genuflected and crossed herself.
  她跪下并在自己身上画十字。
  [with adverbial] (figurative)show deference or servility
• [喻] 表示顺从；卑躬屈膝
»politicians had to genuflect to the far left to advance their careers.
  为了发展自己事业，政客们得向极左人士屈膝献媚。

【派生】

♦ genuflection noun
1. (也作 genuflexion)
♦ genuflector noun

【语源】

1. mid 17th cent. (in the sense 'bend (the knee'): from ecclesiastical Latin genuflectere, from Latin genu 'knee' + flectere 'to bend'

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