genuflection
屈膝
常用释义
英音[ ˌdʒenjuˈflekʃn ]
美音[ ˌdʒenjuˈflekʃn ]
基本释义
- n. （虔诚地，诚恳地）跪拜，屈膝
例句
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1·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。
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2·"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。
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3·Despite frequent genuflection to European novels, we actually spent a lot more time watching 'Diff'rent Strokes' than reading Proust, prior to the Internet's spread.然而，在互联网普及之前，尽管对欧洲小说趋之若鹜，我们花在看电视剧“Diff'rent Strokes”上的时间，其实要比读普罗斯特(Proust)文学作品的时间多得多。
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4·Despite frequent genuflection to European novels, we actually spent a lot more time watching "Diff 'rent Strokes" than reading Proust, prior to the Internet's spread.在互联网普及之前，尽管对欧洲小说趋之若鹜，我们实际上花在观看“Diff ' rent Strokes”上的时间比读普罗·斯特还要多。
同义词
n.
曲膝；屈从
同根词
词根：
genuflect
genuflect
vi
屈服；跪拜（尤指做宗教仪式时）