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
- 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。 - Be polite, but don't kowtow to him.
要有礼貌，但不要对他卑躬屈节。 - During the long journey, they wore wooden kneepad to protect their knees, kowtow every three steps until them arrived in Lhasa.
在漫长的旅途中，他们带着木制的护膝，就这样三步一叩地来到他们心中的圣地。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The Kiwi kowtow appears to have worked quite well but British attempts to curry favour are met with a very different response.
英国式磕头作揖似乎很管用，但英国博取欢心的努力遭遇了迥然不同的反应。 - Tomorrow I'll have Papa make you kneel three times and kowtow nine times before photographs of my grandparents as a penalty.
明天我教爸爸罚你对祖父祖母的照片三跪九叩首。 - We're not going to kowtow to each other.
我们也不会对谁卑躬屈膝。 - 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。