bow

vt.
1. cause to bend,bend down使弯曲，使弯下。
△Shr.2.1.151 (150): “bowed her hand to teach her finger-ing”，按着她的手教她指法。
△Mac.3.1.90 (89):“Whoseheavy hand hath bowed you to the grave，”他的铁手已经把你们压到坟墓边沿。
△2H.Ⅳ.3.1.73: “But that ne-cessity so bowed the state/That I and greatness werecompelled to kiss，”i.e. England’s plight underRichard’s misrule compelled me to ascend the throne.但是国家形势的紧急需要迫使我只好登上大位。
2. bend,twist,falsify篡改，歪曲，伪造。
△H.Ⅴ.1.2.13:“And God forbid,my dear and faithful lord,/That youshould fashion,wrest or bow your reading，”我的亲爱的忠诚的大主教，上帝不许你伪造、歪曲、篡改原文，随意解释。
～ vi.
1. bend,yield低头，屈服。
△1H.Ⅵ.4.5.29:“But if Ibow,they’ll say it was for fear.”但是如果我屈服了，人家就要说是因为胆小。
2. stoop屈从。
△Lr.1.1.149(147): “Think’st thouthat duty shall have dread to speak/ When power toflattery bows?”难道你以为“权势”屈从于“谄媚”，“责任”就吓得不敢开口了吗？
～vb.
bow to: apply to,point to,indicate适用于，表明是，指示。
△Tw.2.5. 155(140):“and yet. to crush this a lit-tle,it would bow to me，”但是稍微勉强一点，它也就可以适合于我了。