卑躬屈膝 meaning in Chinese

bow and scrape cringe
grovel

It degrades to stoop--it is glorious to look up .
卑躬屈膝是卑鄙的，--敢于趾高气扬才是光荣。
They had cloyed him with obedience, and surfeited him with sweet respect and submission .
她们在他面前百依百顺，甜言蜜语，卑躬屈膝。
She could be very pleasant and flattering, almost subsequent, to people she met .
她在交友时，会和蔼可亲，阿谀奉承，甚至可以卑躬屈膝。
Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same posture with creeping .
野心常常把人们推上最卑鄙的职位；向上钻营同样要卑躬屈膝。
We will no longer bow before anyone as slaves
我们将不再向任何人卑躬屈膝

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