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
- 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。 - Do I have to kneel down and kowtow to him?
你还让我跪下来给他磕个头吗？ - I remembered watching people kowtow in front of the Potala Palace.
他说：我记得纪录片里人们在布达拉宫前叩首的场景。 - 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。 - Fourth Master Liu was gratified by the number of people who came to kowtow and congratulate him, and his elation increased with the arrival of many old friends to wish him a happy birthday.
刘四爷很满意有这么多人来给他磕头祝寿。更足以自傲的是许多老朋友也赶着来贺喜。 - We're not going to kowtow to each other.
我们也不会对谁卑躬屈膝。 - Kowtow, please back, needless talk doesn't say, small Wan Zhen hurriedly Semitic bird! Emperor's six palaces? Have no interest!
叩首，请退，废话不说，小婉蓁赶紧闪人鸟！皇六殿吗？没兴趣！ - Can you imagine that I was give her a kowtow to beg her to spare me?
你能想象吗？我跪下给她磕头乞求她放过我？ - 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。 - From sneakers to skin cream, Chinese consumer goods companies are no longer willing to kowtow to the foreigners who taught them branding.
从运动鞋到护肤霜，中国消费品公司不再愿意向教会了自己品牌概念的外资企业低头。