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.- 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.
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。