表達(dá) “bow and scrape” 用來表示某人過于禮貌或?qū)λ吮憩F(xiàn)出過分的關(guān)注或尊重。它常用來描述某個人在與重要人士交往時,“點頭哈腰,過分謙恭” 的舉動。
Look at him bowing and scraping to the bosses! He’s such a sucker I hope he doesn’t get promoted.
瞧他向老板們點頭哈腰的樣子!他真是個馬屁精,我希望他可不要被提拔。
She thinks she’s so important now. She expects everyone to bow and scrape to her all day.
她覺得她現(xiàn)在特別重要。她希望所有人整天都對著她鞠躬作揖。
The hotel staff were really attentive, almost too attentive! In fact, I felt a bit uncomfortable as they bowed and scraped to us throughout our stay.
這家酒店的工作人員們真的很用心,甚至有些過于體貼了!在我們住店期間,他們一直對我們點頭哈腰的,這讓我感到有點不自在。