stoop
/stu:p; stup/ v
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(a) [I, Ipr, Ip]
~ (down) bend forward and down 俯身; 弯腰
She stooped low to look under the bed. 她俯身查看床底.
He stooped under the low beam. 他在低矮的横梁下弯著腰.
stoop (down) to pick sth up 弯腰拾起某物.
(b) [Tn] bend (a part of the body) forward and down 俯（身）; 弯（腰）
stoop one's head to get into the car 俯身进入轿车.
2 [I] have the head and shoulders habitually bent over （习惯性）弓背
He's beginning to stoop with age, ie as he gets older. 他年事渐高, 背也开始变驼了.
3 (idm 习语) stoop so low (as to do sth) lower one's moral standards so far (as to do sth) 降低自己的道德标准（以致做出某事）
He tried to make me accept a bribe I hope I would never stoop so low. 他想让我接受贿赂--我但愿我决不至於做出这种低级的事.
4 (phr v) stoop to sth/doing sth lower one's moral standards to do sth 降低自己的道德标准做某事
He'd stoop to anything, ie He has no moral standards. 他无论多麽不道德的事都干得出来.
I would never stoop to cheating. 我可决不至於下贱到骗人的地步. stoop, n (usu sing 通常作单数) stooping position of the body 俯身; 弯腰
walk with a slight stoop 弓著背行走.