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词汇 genuflection
释义 genuflection
noun[ C or U ]
uk /ˌdʒen.juˈflek.ʃən/ us /ˌdʒen.jəˈflek.ʃən/
the act of genuflecting下跪,跪拜
the act of showing respect: 跪拜;表示崇敬
genuflection toContemporary Hollywood movies often make subtle genuflections to the great film-makers of the past.当代的好莱坞电影经常委婉地表达对电影界伟大前辈们的崇高敬意。
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Examples of genuflection


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Of course, political life is capable of many genuflections.
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On such occasions as this, however, it is conventional to invoke fulsome praise and to make ritual genuflections.
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Using the criminal justice system to make symbolic genuflections to political causes, however noble, only undermines the effective operation of the rule of law and fetters proper judicial discretion.
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He promises to interpret the holy scripture strictly, and offers three days of fasting a week and a hundred genuflections a day.
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I am not going to make a sentimental, ritual genuflection to the nurses, but face the facts and state them as they are.
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My genuflection on this occasion to the traditional sentiments of trepidation and anxiety in making a maiden speech is not merely traditional.
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Again, it was a genuflection to party ideology that the investment income surcharge had to start at £1,000.
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At least last year we had a genuflection in the direction of a value-added tax.
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To date we have had reflection, but no genuflection.
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There was not even a passing genuflection in that direction.
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They amount to little more than a genuflection in the direction of local participation.
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The genuflection, in place of the previous bow of the head, was introduced only in the fourteenth century.
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Abbots and other senior monastics often received genuflection from their monks and often others.
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During the priest's second genuflection, servers release chasuble, make a deep bow and ring the bell once.
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