stoop
v
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(a) [I, Ipr, Ip]
~ (down) bend forward and down 俯身; 弯腰
She stooped low to look under the bed. 她俯身查看床底.
He stooped under the low beam. 他在低矮的横梁下弯著腰.
stoop (down) to pick sth up 弯腰拾起某物.
(b) [Tn] bend (a part of the body) forward and down 俯(身); 弯(腰)
stoop one's head to get into the car 俯身进入轿车.
2 [I] have the head and shoulders habitually bent over (习惯性)弓背
He's beginning to stoop with age, ie as he gets older. 他年事渐高, 背也开始变驼了.
3 (idm 习语) stoop so low (as to do sth) lower one's moral standards so far (as to do sth) 降低自己的道德标准(以致做出某事)
He tried to make me accept a bribe I hope I would never stoop so low. 他想让我接受贿赂--我但愿我决不至於做出这种低级的事.
4 (phr v) stoop to sth/doing sth lower one's moral standards to do sth 降低自己的道德标准做某事
He'd stoop to anything, ie He has no moral standards. 他无论多麽不道德的事都干得出来.
I would never stoop to cheating. 我可决不至於下贱到骗人的地步. stoop, n (usu sing 通常作单数) stooping position of the body 俯身; 弯腰
walk with a slight stoop 弓著背行走.
Finally, Kunta was thrown into the bottom of the boat and covered with an old smelly cloth.
最后孔塔被扔进船底,盖上一条臭气熏天的旧布单。
Because of his actions, all Hindus were finally free to draw water from the same village well, to go to the same temple to pray and even marry each other.