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活成了自己讨厌的样子,堕落(卑劣)到去做…stoop to doing

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发表于 2022-1-1 07:36:45 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式

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屈辱的去迎合某人,卧薪尝胆,活成了自己讨厌的样子,堕落(卑劣)到去做......怎么翻译成英语呢?
也许都可以用上这个单词,stoop.  这个单词用起来stoop比较地道。

stoop

stoop¹ / stup ; stuːp /
verb [I]
1. also stoop down to bend your body forward and down
• 俯身,弯腰:
»We had to stoop to pass through the low entrance.
  我们得俯身才能通过那低矮的入口。
»Dave stooped down to tie his shoes.
  戴夫俯下身来系鞋带。
2. to stand with your back and shoulders bent forwards
• 弓背站立,弯腰曲背站立【PHR V】
stoop to sth
• to do something bad or morally wrong, which you do not normally do
• 堕落(卑劣)到去做…:
»stoop to doing sth
»I didn't expect you to stoop to lying.
  我没料到你竟然会卑劣到去撒谎。
»stoop to sb's / that level
»Don't stoop to her level.
  别把自己降到她的档次。
stoop²
noun
1. [sing.] if you have a stoop, your shoulders are bent forward
• 曲背:
»Mr Hamilton was an odd, quiet man who walked with a stoop.
  汉密尔顿先生是个怪人,不爱说话,走路时弓着背。
2. [C] [AmE] a raised area at the door of a house, usually big enough to sit on
• 门阶
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