英语释义

• do what is expected

片语

toe e the line循规蹈矩

listen to听，听从

obey服从，顺从；听话

Toe the Party Line紧跟着党的路线走

To toe the line循规蹈矩

英汉例句

• he might not like the rules but he「ll toe the line just to avoid trouble.

  他不太支持这些规定，但为了避免惹是生非还是严格遵守。

• li」s reasoning is that it「s better to toe the line than risk being shut down.

  李认为循规蹈矩要比冒被关闭的风险好。

• film? makers not prepared to toe the line end up on a blacklist and are denied military help.

  而那些不听话的 电影制片人则会被列入黑名单并无法得到军方帮助。

• this is the story of tara, a teenage girl who refuses to toe the line and so is sent to a special unit, which she hates more than anything.

  塔拉还不到二十岁，她叛逆、消极，谁的话都不肯听，家人只好将她送进一家特殊机构。

• expecting state-owned companies to toe the line on price controls is one thing, but foreign companies and their shareholders will be surely loathe to accept a ‘harmonious’ margin squeeze.

  希望国有大型企业保持价格稳定在某一水平是一回事，但是外国企业和他们的投资者肯定不会愿意接受一个「和谐」的利润缩水的方案。

• i」ve told my children they must toe the line with regard to house rules or lose some of the freedom they presently enjoy.

  我告诉孩子们必须遵守家规，要不他们就会失去目前享有的某些自由。

• lady … you have to take medicine properly … shot … well … to eat properly guai! if you do not toe the line … you dare die on the …

  老婆子…你要好好吃药…好好打针…好好吃饭…要乖喔！

• i believe that runners of all levels of experience and ability should toe the line with a realistic finish time goal in mind.

  我相信所有经验和能力水平的选手都能到达终点只要他们牢记实际的完成时间目标。

• this month, thousands of runners will toe the line with mixed emotions.

  这个月，数以千计的跑步者将带着不同的心情站在起跑线上。

• don「t toe the line just as it is grotesque , left to the mercy of it.

  不要因它怪诞就俯首听命，听任它的摆布。

• using a 3d camera system pioneered by director james cameron, avatar manages to toe the line between animation and live action in a way like never before.

  詹姆斯。卡梅隆开创性的运用了3d摄像机系统，《阿凡达》严格遵守了动画电影和真人影片之间的分界线，这是一种前无古人的拍摄方式。

• to avoid huge fines, networks and stations won」t just toe the line that the 「without a trace」 fine suggests; they may steer well clear of it.

  为避免巨额的罚金，广播电视公司和广播电视台不会吸取《寻人密探组》一案的教训，反而会很好地打擦边球。