i'm not going to kowtow to a mere nobody like him.
我不想给他这样的无名小卒磕头。
adapting a novel for the stage requires courage, vision and a spirit that refuses to kowtow to the original author.
将一本小说搬上舞台需要勇气、见识以及拒绝向原作者卑躬屈膝的精神。
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。
daigong temple. i go to this temple to kowtow and burn joss sticks each time i go home. many mysterious things have happened inside the temple!
戴公庙。这是一个我每次回家都要去磕头烧香的庙。在这座毫不起眼的小庙里发生了太多不可思议的故事。
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。
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。
they are, it is said, less likely to enforce the oecd rules or to kowtow to foreigners.
据说,港澳不大可能遵守经合组织规定,也不对外国政府惟命是从。
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。
i go to this temple to kowtow and burn joss sticks each time i go home.
戴公庙。这是一个我每次回家都要去磕头烧香的庙。
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。
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磕头时,他马上被变作了一只小虫子。