genuflection
noun(British English also genuflexion)
[countable, uncountable] (formal)the act of moving your body into a lower position by bending one or both knees, as a sign of respect in a church （在教堂礼拜时）跪拜，单膝跪拜 - genuflection to/towards somebody/something (disapproving)
the act of showing too much respect to somebody/something 卑躬屈膝 a genuflection to the US over disarmament 在裁军问题上向美国屈服