genuflect

genuflect
[ˈdʒɛnjʊflɛkt]
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. (亦作 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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