genuflection

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He never pretended it was a genuflection to anything but commerce.
他從來(lái)沒(méi)有假裝對(duì)任何東西屈膝過(guò)，除了商業(yè)。
Genuflection before the idol or before money wastes away the muscles which walk and the will which advances.
膜拜偶像或金錢(qián)會(huì)使支配行走的肌肉萎縮，使向上的意志衰退。
"With all the genuflection to new media, people are watching just as much regular TV as they ever did," Professor Thompson says.
“盡管對(duì)新媒體追捧有加，人們看電視的世界還是和以前一樣多。” Thompson教授說(shuō)。

We can bristle at the idea of chains and mass production, with their homogeneity, predictability, and constant genuflection to the value-for-money god.
NEWYORKER: Big Med
Vote because the enemy would be baffled and defeated by the sight of Iranians casting ballots, which was really a form of genuflection before the Supreme Leader.
NEWYORKER: Election, Monitored
Anderson Cooper closed one of five segments of his weeknightly CNN show that he recently devoted to attacking principally Rep. Michele Bachmann with a genuflection towards an iconic newsman, Edward R.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Anderson Cooper Crosses the Line