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genuflection n.曲膝;屈服,屈從。

genuflector

They went home together , tess holding one arm of her father , and mrs durbeyfield the other . he had , in truth , drunk very little - not a fourth of the quantity which a systematic tippler could carry to church on a sunday afternoon without a hitch in his eastings or genuflections ; but the weakness of sir john s constitution made mountains of his petty sins in this kind 說實在的,她的父親酒喝得很少一個經常喝酒的人,禮拜天下午喝完酒上教堂,轉身向東下跪,一點也不踉蹌,她父親喝的酒還不到這種人喝的四分之一但是約翰爵士的身體虛弱,在當時的情景下,喝酒這種小罪惡就讓他受不了啦。

Because the odour inhaled corresponded to other odours inhaled of other unguinal fragments , picked and lacerated by master bloom , pupil of mrs ellis s juvenile school , patiently each night in the act of brief genuflection and nocturnal prayer and ambitious meditation 因為他嗅到的這股氣味,跟他當年作為布盧姆公子在埃利斯太太的幼兒學校236做學生的時候所嗅到的另外一些趾甲碎片的氣味相似。

She was keenly aware of all the little things that were done - the little genuflections and attentions of the waiters and head waiter which americans pay for 她敏銳地注意到一切細小的動作-那些美國人為之付費的侍者和領班的點頭哈腰獻殷勤的小動作。

Prescribed genuflections and prostrations accompany the prayers , which the worshiper recites facing toward mecca 被規定的屈膝和疲勞伴隨禱告,崇拜者背誦飾面往麥加。