bend the knee

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To swear fealty or allegiance to another person. idiomatic
    — The timid among them declared that he would burn the houses and hang all that had bent the knee to King Louis.
  2. To submit to or show reverence toward a divine power. idiomatic
    — Jezebel, though she bent the knee to Baal, was pleasing in Ahab’s sight; and he saw that her father’s army, though deplorably pagan, wielded heavy swords.
  3. To show undue deference, obedience, or support for someone or something. broadly,idiomatic
    — Some thought we had in Mr. [Abraham] Lincoln the nerve and decision of an Oliver Cromwell; but the result shows that we merely have a continuation of the Pierces and Buchanans, and that the Republican President bends the knee to slavery as readily as any of his infamous predecessors.

词形变化

bends the knee present,singular,third-person bending the knee participle,present bent the knee participle,past bent the knee past

词源

Calque of Latin genūflectō. Popularized by its use on the television series Game of Thrones (2011-2019).
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