kowtow
英 [ˌkaʊˈtaʊ]
美 [ˌkaʊˈtaʊ]
v. 叩头; 磕头; 卑躬屈膝; 唯命是从
现在分词:kowtowing 过去式:kowtowed 第三人称单数:kowtows 过去分词:kowtowed
BNC.35359 / COCA.27978
牛津词典
verb
- 叩头;磕头;卑躬屈膝;唯命是从
to show sb in authority too much respect and be too willing to obey them
柯林斯词典
- VERB 叩头;磕头;卑躬屈膝;唯命是从
If you say that someonekowtows tosomeone else, you are criticizing them because they are too eager to obey or be polite to someone in authority.- See how stupidly they kow-tow to persons higher in the hierarchy.
瞧他们对上级唯命是从的样子是多么愚蠢啊。
- See how stupidly they kow-tow to persons higher in the hierarchy.
英英释义
noun
- a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission
verb
- try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
- He is always kowtowing to his boss
- bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
双语例句
- Yet when Carrefour and other French companies suffered a boycott by angry Chinese consumers, France sent over three different envoys in effect to kowtow to the Chinese.
但是,当家乐福(carrefour)和其它法国企业遭到愤怒的中国消费者抵制后,法国派出三名不同的外交使节,实际上让他们向中方叩头。 - Small straight teeth casting ladle available high safety revolving shaft, a brake control vertical torque, doesn't exist kowtow phenomenon.
小型直齿浇包可用较高的安全转轴,一个制动器控制竖直力矩,根本不存在磕头现象。 - Photos of a huge crowd in kowtow positions, first published by Li himself on his blog, raised the question: What's wrong with this person and his tactics?
一张大群学生向其叩头的照片首先被李阳公布在自己的博客上,人们不禁要问:这个人和他的教学方法究竟出了什么毛病? - He need not and must not kowtow.
但他不必也不应该卑躬屈膝。 - When the head of the giant software corporation refused to kowtow to the swami, he was promptly transformed into a little bug.
当这个软件巨头公司的老板拒绝象神像叩首时,他马上被变作了一只小虫子。 - I'm not going to kowtow to a mere nobody like him.
我不想给他这样的无名小卒磕头。 - All the servants had to kowtow to the emperor when he entered the room.
皇帝进房间时,所有的仆人都得向他叩首。 - Maria: That is to say, those who are more liberal regard Kowtow as feudal.
也就是说,那些更开放的父母认为磕头是封建的。 - Slowly, Grandmother Chen raised her head and looked around, whereupon the "acolyte" tugged at Xiangzi to make him kowtow.
慢慢的,陈二奶奶抬起头来,点着头看了看大家;童儿扯了扯祥子,教他赶紧磕头。 - They are there to govern, not to kowtow to vested interests.
他们的职责是管治,而不是向既得利益屈服。