曲膝,屈服;
Genuflection before the idol or before money wastes away the muscles which walk and the will which advances.
膜拜偶像或金钱会使支配行走的肌肉萎缩,使向上的意志衰退。
Elizabeth's physical attractiveness," next to Jane in birth and beauty", is a genuflection to the accepted conventions of romance, but her appeal lies more in her "wit and vivacity".
Eliza的外表,“年龄仅次于简,美貌也是”,就是对于浪漫小说的传统的妥协,而她的吸引力主要是在“智慧和活力”上面。
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