genuflection中文什么意思

n.
曲膝;屈服，屈从。

例句与用法

1. Prescribed genuflections and prostrations accompany the prayers , which the worshiper recites facing toward mecca
   被规定的屈膝和疲劳伴随祷告,崇拜者背诵饰面往麦加。
2. She was keenly aware of all the little things that were done - the little genuflections and attentions of the waiters and head waiter which americans pay for
   她敏锐地注意到一切细小的动作-那些美国人为之付费的侍者和领班的点头哈腰献殷勤的小动作。
3. Because the odour inhaled corresponded to other odours inhaled of other unguinal fragments , picked and lacerated by master bloom , pupil of mrs ellis s juvenile school , patiently each night in the act of brief genuflection and nocturnal prayer and ambitious meditation
   因为他嗅到的这股气味，跟他当年作为布卢姆公子在埃利斯太太的幼儿学校236做学生的时候所嗅到的另外一些趾甲碎片的气味相似。
4. They went home together , tess holding one arm of her father , and mrs durbeyfield the other . he had , in truth , drunk very little - not a fourth of the quantity which a systematic tippler could carry to church on a sunday afternoon without a hitch in his eastings or genuflections ; but the weakness of sir john s constitution made mountains of his petty sins in this kind
   说实在的，她的父亲酒喝得很少一个经常喝酒的人，礼拜天下午喝完酒上教堂，转身向东下跪，一点也不踉跄，她父亲喝的酒还不到这种人喝的四分之一但是约翰爵士的身体虚弱，在当时的情景下，喝酒这种小罪恶就让他受不了啦。

英文释义

名词

1. the act of bending the knees in worship or reverence
   同义词：genuflexion