bow down
collocation鞠躬；俯首（表示敬意或屈服）
The crowd bowed down before the king.
人群在国王面前鞠躬。
鞠躬；欠身
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鞠躬；欠身
To bend the head or body forward as a sign of respect or greeting.
The musician bowed the cello with great skill.
这位音乐家娴熟地拉奏大提琴。
用弓拉奏弦乐器。
To play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow.
作为尊敬或敬意的姿势而弯腰。
To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.
即将
about to
施加强大或控制性影响；比喻地弯曲或倾斜；使谦卑或屈服。
To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend or incline, figuratively; to humble or subdue.
bow
Base
原形
bows
3rd person
第三人称单数
bowing
-ing
现在分词
bowed
Past
过去式
bowed
Past participle
过去分词
He bows to the audience before leaving the stage.
他在离开舞台前向观众鞠躬。
She bowed politely when introduced to the queen.
她被介绍给女王时礼貌地鞠躬。
The performers are bowing to the applause.
演员们正在向掌声鞠躬。
规则动词，注意与名词/baʊ/区分。
The old oak tree bowed in the storm.
老橡树在暴风雨中弯下了腰。
She bowed down to tie her shoelaces.
她弯下腰系鞋带。
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鞠躬；俯首（表示敬意或屈服）
The crowd bowed down before the king.
人群在国王面前鞠躬。
屈服于压力
He finally bowed to pressure and resigned.
他最终迫于压力辞职了。
低下头（表示尊敬、羞愧或默哀）
She bowed her head in prayer.
她低下头祈祷。
打躬作揖；卑躬屈膝
The servant bowed and scraped before the guests.
仆人在客人面前卑躬屈膝。
退出；体面地离开（尤指辞职或退出比赛、活动）
After the scandal, she decided to bow out of politics.
丑闻发生后，她决定退出政坛。
鞠躬；俯首；屈服，顺从
They refused to bow down to the dictator.
他们拒绝向独裁者屈服。
卑躬屈膝，点头哈腰
He will bow and scrape to anyone with money.
他对任何有钱人都会卑躬屈膝。
朋友们，你们无需向任何人鞠躬。
In The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Aragorn says this to the hobbits as they bow to him, honoring their bravery.
在电影《指环王：王者无敌》中，阿拉贡在霍比特人向他鞠躬时对他们说出这句话，以表彰他们的勇敢。
万膝都要跪拜。
The Bible uses this phrase to describe everyone bowing before God in submission, a powerful image of universal respect.
《圣经》用这句话来描述所有人向上帝跪拜顺服的场景，是普世敬拜的有力意象。
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想象舞台上表演者深深弯腰谢幕：动词bow就是'鞠躬'；被人压制时也像弓一样弯下，即屈服。
语域：mixed 常见场景：theatre curtain call / formal greeting、ritual or respectful gesture、figurative yield to pressure in news or politics 作“鞠躬、欠身”讲时属于中性词，在剧场谢幕、正式礼节等场合都很常见；作“屈服、顺从”讲时（如 bow to pressure）多用于书面语或新闻报道，日常口语中不一定首选。整体语域比较混合，需根据搭配和场合判断。
这些词都和 bow /baʊ/ 押韵：cow, how, now, vow, wow, bough 都以 /aʊ/ 音结尾。注意：拼写 -ow 并不总是发 /aʊ/，例如 low, grow, show, tow 发 /oʊ/，并不押韵。另外，bow 本身也有另一个发音 /boʊ/（表示蝴蝶结、船头等），和本词的 /baʊ/ 不同。
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