英语释义

• bend the knees and bow in a servile manner

• a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission

• try to gain favor by cringing or flattering;

  "He is always kowtowing to his boss"

片语

kowtow frequently磕头如同蒜锤捣蒜那么快

kowtow w叩头

Kotow Kowtow磕头

kowtow kotow跪下磕头

Three kowtow三叩头

Kowtow machine磕头机

to kowtow跪叩

grovel匍匐；卑躬屈膝；趴

Kowtow Begging For Mercy叩头求饶

英汉例句

• [color=#000000]only english-speakers, it seems, are expected to kowtow to name-changers「 whims.

  [color=#000000][font=tahoma][font=宋体]看来，只有说英语的人可望屈从于更名者的奇想。

• this kind of kowtow is a physical movement all over the body like taiji and qigong popular in the interior of the country.

  就像内地人打太极拳、练气功那样，磕长头也是一种全身运动。

• we should not kowtow to an authoritarian government which neglects the well-being of its people.

  对忽略人民福祉的极权政府，我们不应卑躬屈膝。

• and his method was not surrender, though it might look as though he had put his hands up, or made a cringing kowtow to the chinese.

  而且，他的办法也不是屈服，尽管当他举起双手，或者向中国人屈膝叩头时，看上去很像。

• he」s a brave man. i「m sure he will not kowtow to the enemy.

  他是一个勇敢的人，我相信他不会向敌人卑躬屈膝的。

• the british envoy was represented as bearing tribute to the son of heaven, and his refusal to kowtow was put down to outlandish ignorance.

  这位不列颠使者没有向「天之子」表达敬意，也拒绝行使叩头这种蒙昧的礼节。

• normally, our elders give us children new year money. we kowtow to them and give them our best wishes.

  一般是这样，家里给压岁钱就是给我们这小孩子。

• some argue that hong kong and macau may become the destinations of choice for tax evaders. they are, it is said, less likely to enforce the oecd rules or to kowtow to foreigners.

  也有一些人认为香港和澳门也许会成为避税者的首选，因为港澳地区很难贯彻经合组织的準则或臣服于外来者。

• some chinese argue that, now their country is strong, it no longer needs to kowtow to american power.

  一些中国人说，现在他们国家强大了，无需再对美国马首是瞻。

• their actions tell us that unless politicians kowtow to theirparty’s special interests they will not be elected or they willhave no effect。

  他们的举动告诉我们，除非这些政客向党内特殊利益磕头，否则他们就无法当选或者不能发挥作用。

• the party would like to turn the fsa into a consumer-protection agency and give financial supervision to the bank of england, which would be less inclined to kowtow to bankers, he says.

  保守党很有可能把金融服务监管局变成一个消费者保护机构，并将金融监管权力送归英格兰银行，后者不太可能向银行家妥协。

• poles may sense a sell-out: mr putin’s language at gdansk last year fell short of the kowtow that some desire; it may be the same at katyn.

  波兰人可能会感到失望，因为去年普京在革但斯克未如一些波兰人希望的表示歉意，今年在卡廷活动中可能也是这样。

• 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？

• 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。

• i kowtow at your feet. thank you thank you thank you! ! !

  我愿给你磕头，谢谢谢谢谢谢！

• at the moment we were leaving,i said to uncle,"i have never seen grandma before,i wanna kowtow to her.

  离开时，我给舅舅说，我未曾见过外婆，给她磕个头吧。

• in the morning they kowtow around vphrul - snang temple for half an hour, then go home to change their clothes, wash their hands, have breakfast and go to work.

  这里有从远方风尘仆仆一路磕头而来的，也有当地的市民，清晨围绕大昭寺磕一圈长头，约半小时，然后回家更衣、凈手、吃早饭，再去上班。

相似词

kneel跪下，跪