stoop
彎腰·自貶身分做壞事·門前階梯
看懂彎腰與自貶的用法
I had to stoop to pick up the pen from the floor.
我必須彎腰，才能撿起地板上的筆。
義項
彎腰B2verb彎腰
I had to stoop to pick up the pen from the floor.
我必須彎腰，才能撿起地板上的筆。
stoop downstoop over
自貶身分做壞事B2verb自貶身分做壞事
She would never stoop to lying just to win a prize.
她絕不會只為了贏得獎品而自貶身分說謊。
stoop to lying
門前階梯B2noun門前階梯
They sat on the front stoop and watched people walk past.
他們坐在門前階梯上，看著人們走過。
front stoop
片語
stoop to自貶 →自貶身分做某事
on the stoop門前階 →在門前階梯上
你會不會這樣說？
Mia 說：「I would never stoop to cheating.」這裡的 stoop 是指身體彎下去嗎？
看答案
不是
stoop to 後接壞行為，指自貶身分去做，不是彎腰。