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Meaning of 低首下心

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低 dī 首 shǒu 下 xià 心 xīn
to be fawningly submissive (idiom)
Example Sentences
1
哈丽特甘愿摆出一副低首下心
、
讨人喜欢的样子
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爱玛怎能觉得自己还有什么不足之处呢
?
Her ignorance is hourly flattery. How can Emma imagine she has any thing to learn herself, while Harriet is presenting such a delightful inferiority?
2
一个人不能自承有功而免矜夸之嫌
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更不用说是不能表扬自己底功绩了
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他有时也不能低首下心地去有所恳求
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诸如此类的事很多
。
A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them; a man cannot sometimes brook to supplicate or beg; and a number of the like.
3
当副官把这几个人从大臣办公室领进来又把他们领出去以后
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有人让一个军官走进一扇可怕的房门里来
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军官那低首下心的惊惶的样子使安德烈公爵大为愕异
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After several persons had been let in and let out of the minister's room by the adjutant, an officer was admitted at the dreadful door, whose abject and panic-stricken face had struck Prince Andrey.