kowtows

英 [ˌkaʊˈtaʊz]

美 [ˌkaʊˈtaʊz]

v.  叩头; 磕头; 卑躬屈膝; 唯命是从
kowtow的第三人称单数

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.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• Much of the literature on SOA kowtows to the meet-in-the-middle approach to SOA, so as not to offend any particular audience.
  许多SOA的文献都推崇中间会合的SOA开发方法，以此不得罪任何一方特定的受众。
• The child must kneel down to adult kowtows, thanks adult they the small generation.
  孩子必须跪下来到成人叩头，感谢成人他们小世代。
• The bride and bridegroom are then led to an altar, where the couple kowtows to Heaven and Earth, the family ancestors and parents successively.
  然后新郎和新娘会被领到一个香案前，拜天地，拜祖宗和父母，夫妻交拜。
• When the ceremony began, the civil and military officials all performed the three kowtows and nine prostrations on the square.
  当仪式开始后，所有的文武百官都要跪在地上扮演三拜九叩。
• When life kowtows to you, you will bite it, even you know it's just lure.
  当生活向你磕头，即明知是诱饵，你也会咬住。
• That year, I made long kowtows, crawling along the mountainous trails, not for being presented, but for feeling the warmth of your body.
  那一年，我磕长头匍匐在山路，不为觐见，只为贴着你的温暖。