genuflection
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌdʒen.juˈflek.ʃən]
- 美式音标 [ˌdʒen.jəˈflek.ʃən]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. （虔诚地，诚恳地）跪拜，屈膝
英汉例句
- He never pretended it was a genuflection to anything but commerce.
他从来没有假装对任何东西屈膝过，除了商业。 - Genuflection before the idol or before money wastes away the muscles which walk and the will which advances.
膜拜偶像或金钱会使支配行走的肌肉萎缩，使向上的意志衰退。 - "With all the genuflection to new media, people are watching just as much regular TV as they ever did," Professor Thompson says.
“尽管对新媒体追捧有加，人们看电视的世界还是和以前一样多。” Thompson教授说。 - We can bristle at the idea of chains and mass production, with their homogeneity, predictability, and constant genuflection to the value-for-money god.
NEWYORKER: Big Med - Vote because the enemy would be baffled and defeated by the sight of Iranians casting ballots, which was really a form of genuflection before the Supreme Leader.
NEWYORKER: Election, Monitored - Anderson Cooper closed one of five segments of his weeknightly CNN show that he recently devoted to attacking principally Rep. Michele Bachmann with a genuflection towards an iconic newsman, Edward R.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Anderson Cooper Crosses the Line