1.曲膝,跪拜(尤指做礼拜时)
2.屈服,屈从
1.to bend your knee as a sign of worship or respect
2.to show a lot more respect than is usual or necessary
1.Recognizing the Regent's chief scientist, they immediately genuflected and offered their salute.
他们认出了瑞金特的首席科学家,立刻跪地行礼致敬。
2.While the Democrats have genuflected to Keynes, the Republicans' supply-side theories originated in the tax-cutting of Calvin Coolidge.
当民主党派对凯恩斯俯首帖耳时,共和党派的供给学派理论在卡尔文·柯立芝总统减税时诞生了。