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stoop BENDstU:pv [I]to bend the top half of the body forward and down俯身，弯腰The doorway was so low that we had to stoop to go through it.这门框太低了，我们只能弯腰走过。Something fell out of her coat pocket and she stooped down and picked it up.有东西掉出了她的外衣口袋，她俯身捡了起来。If someone stoops, their head and shoulders are always bent forwards and down.弓背， 佝偻He's over six feet tall, but the way he stoops makes him look shorter.他身高6英尺多，但他弓背的样子使他看上去矮了一些。(disapproving) If someone stoops to something, they lower their moral standards by doing something which is unpleasant, dishonest or unfair.屈尊，堕落I don't believe that our senator would ever stoop to bribery or blackmail.我不相信我们的参议员会堕落到行贿和勒索的地步。"These scare tactics just prove what level the opposition party is prepared to stoop to, " said the prime minister.“这些恐吓手段只能证明反对党堕落到了可以不择手段，”总理说道。He was amazed that a reputable firm would stoop to selling the names of their clients to other companies. [+ v-ing]他很诧异一家有名声的公司会堕落到将其客户的名单卖给其它公司。I didn't think she would stoop so low as to sell the story to the newspapers.我认为她不会堕落到将这故事卖给报社的地步。
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