她希望所有人整天都对着她鞠躬作揖。

She expects everyone to bow and scrape to her all day.

大家都怪他不懂礼貌。于是便有好心的人教他说，下次鞠躬的时候，你就在心里数：正月、二月、……一直数到十二月为止，然后再直起身来。

Then some warmhearted men taught him, When you bow to somebody next time, you can count' January, February, March. until December. Then you can lift your body up.

他们向路易斯深深鞠躬，并忙不迭地给他让道。

They bowed low to Louis and hastened out of his way

他们跑到帐篷中央鞠躬致意。

They ran to the center of the tent to take their bows.

他们挨个儿走上前去，勉强地咕哝出几句欢迎词，生硬地鞠躬致礼。

One by one they came forward, mumbled grudging words of welcome, made awkward obeisances.

这些日本妇女以正式的鞠躬向人们施礼以示欢迎。

The Japanese women salute the people with formal bows in welcome.

主人鞠躬迎接客人进屋。

The host bowed his guests in.

他鞠躬致谢。

He bowed his thanks.

入公门，鞠躬如也，如不容。（《论语》）

On going through the outer gates to his lord's court, he drew himself in, as though the entrance were too small.

几百年间，握手被更为“等级化”的问候方式取代了——比如鞠躬。

As the centuries progressed, handshaking was replaced by more 'hierarchical' ways of greeting — like bowing.

握手的历史回顾一个流传较广的假说认为，克雷兰德反对鞠躬的声明其实是想回到欧洲传统的问候方式（尽管鲜有记载）。

A popular hypothesis suggests that Cleland's statements against bowing were actually a wish to go back to a potentially very traditional ( though poorly recorded) method of greeting in Europe.

v.弯下（头或身体）演员们向鼓掌的观众鞠躬。

bow The cast bowed as the audience applauded.

东芝公司（Toshiba）社长田中久雄（Hisao Tanaka）周二因12亿美元的会计丑闻引咎辞职时鞠躬15秒表示悔悟。

Hisao Tanaka, Toshiba's chief executive, gave a 15-second bow on Tuesday as he resigned over a$ 1.2bn accounting scandal.