n. bowing down 下跪。
△2H.IV.4.5.146(147): “Which my most inward true and duteousspirit/Teacheth this prostrate and exterior bending.”現(xiàn)在我匍匐下跪,乃是我最真摯、最忠誠的孝順之心教導(dǎo)我這樣做的。
bending
pr. p. bowing down; respectful,submissive彎下腰;恭敬的,服從的。
△Oth.1.3.236 (235):“Most hum-bly therefore bending to your state,”我謙卑地服從你的權(quán)威。(又譯:我服從國家的調(diào)遣。)
~p.a.
1. overhanging懸垂的。
△Lr.4.1.74 (73):“There is acliff,whose high and bending head/Looks fearfullyin the confined deep.”那里有一座懸崖,它那高峻而懸垂的崖頭令人害怕地俯視著那由峭壁包圍著的深海。
2. bowing鞠躬的。
△R.III. 4. 4. 95: “Where be thebending peers that flattered thee?”那些向你鞠躬討好的貴族現(xiàn)在到哪里去了?
3.?bowing,bowing to the audience,humble鞠躬的,向觀眾鞠躬的,謙卑的。
?stooping,stooped with the la-bour of composition,stooping to ask for theaudience’s mercy彎腰的,被創(chuàng)作勞動(dòng)累彎了腰的,彎下腰來請求觀眾寬容的。
△H.V.5.2.403 (Epil.I):“Thus far.with rough and all.unable pen,/Our bending authorhath pursued the story,”憑著一枝粗笨無力的禿筆,我們累彎了腰的作者把故事就編寫到這里。