stoop
v
1
(a) [I, Ipr, Ip]
~ (down) bend forward and down 俯身; 彎腰
She stooped low to look under the bed. 她俯身查看床底.
He stooped under the low beam. 他在低矮的橫梁下彎著腰.
stoop (down) to pick sth up 彎腰拾起某物.
(b) [Tn] bend (a part of the body) forward and down 俯(身); 彎(腰)
stoop one's head to get into the car 俯身進入轎車.
2 [I] have the head and shoulders habitually bent over (習慣性)弓背
He's beginning to stoop with age, ie as he gets older. 他年事漸高, 背也開始變駝了.
3 (idm 習語) stoop so low (as to do sth) lower one's moral standards so far (as to do sth) 降低自己的道德標準(以致做出某事)
He tried to make me accept a bribe I hope I would never stoop so low. 他想讓我接受賄賂--我但愿我決不至於做出這種低級的事.
4 (phr v) stoop to sth/doing sth lower one's moral standards to do sth 降低自己的道德標準做某事
He'd stoop to anything, ie He has no moral standards. 他無論多麼不道德的事都干得出來.
I would never stoop to cheating. 我可決不至於下賤到騙人的地步. stoop, n (usu sing 通常作單數) stooping position of the body 俯身; 彎腰
walk with a slight stoop 弓著背行走.