| 释义 |
bend (or bow) the (or one's) kneeSubmit: a country no longer willing to bend its knee to foreign powers...- All three, and countless other journalists throughout the world, have one thing in common: they refused to bow the knee, in the face of naked threats and aggression.
- Let yesterday prove that Londoners and Britons of all faiths and backgrounds can still see clearly who their enemies are, and refuse to bow the knee.
- And they despise the Good Friday agreement, which they see as bowing the knee to terrorism.
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