obeisance
obeisance 英 [əʊˈbeɪsns] 美 [oʊˈbisns]
n. 敬礼；尊敬
名词复数:obeisances
- An obeisance is an act, usually physical, showing dutiful obedience. A supplicant might perform obeisance, touching his face to the ground, before humbly asking for help.
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- n. 敬礼；尊敬
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1. Mal’akh had played his cards artfully within the Capitol Building, showing obeisance to all the ancient etiquettes.
马拉克在国会大厦中巧妙地玩了他的把戏，以此对所有古老的礼仪表示了尊敬。
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2. When I try to bow to thee, my obeisance cannot reach down to the depth where thy feet rest among the poorest, and lowliest, and lost.
我想向你鞠躬，我的敬礼不能达到你歇足地方的深处--那最贫最贱最失所的人群中。
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3. He was asked afterwards why he could not make just one small gesture of obeisance.
事后他被问及，为何不表示顺从，做一个小小的姿态。
- obeisance (n.) late 14c., "act or fact of obeying," from Old French obeissance "obedience, service, feudal duty" (13c.), from obeissant, present participle of obeir "obey," from Latin oboedire (see obey). Sense in English altered late 14c. to "bending or prostration of the body as a gesture of submission or respect" by confusion with abaisance. Related: Obeisant.
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