stoop

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stoop的基本意思是“彎腰,俯首”,有時指彎曲膝蓋來降低身體的高度,而頭部和軀干仍舊是挺直的。引申可作“屈尊,降格,墮落”解。還可指從較高的道德水平降到較低的道德水平或行為標(biāo)準(zhǔn)而作出不光彩的舉動。
stoop可用作及物動詞,也可用作不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時接名詞或代詞作賓語。
stoop用作不及物動詞時常接動詞不定式作目的狀語,可直譯為“彎腰做…”,還可引申譯為“屈尊去做…”。
stoop后可接“to+sth/ v -ing”結(jié)構(gòu),意思是“降低身份作出…”“墮落到…程度”。

to bend the top half of the body forward and down
(STEPS) a raised flat area in front of the door of a house, with steps leading up to it
(BEND) a way of standing or walking with the head and shoulders bent slightly forwards and down

If you stoop, you stand or walk with your shoulders bent forward.
Stoop is also a noun.
a small platform with steps up to it at the entrance to a building
If you stoop, you bend your body forward and downward.
If you say that a person stoops to doing something, you are criticizing them because they do something wrong or immoral that they would not normally do.