kowtow

英 [ˌkaʊˈtaʊ]

美 [ˌkaʊˈtaʊ]

v.  叩头; 磕头; 卑躬屈膝; 唯命是从

现在分词：kowtowing　过去式：kowtowed　第三人称单数：kowtows　过去分词：kowtowed　

TEM8

BNC.35359 / COCA.27978

牛津词典

verb

• 叩头；磕头；卑躬屈膝；唯命是从
  to show sb in authority too much respect and be too willing to obey them

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。

英英释义

noun

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

verb

• try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
  1. He is always kowtowing to his boss
  Synonym:fawntoadytrucklebootlickkotowsuck up
• bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
  Synonym:scrapegenuflect

双语例句

• Be polite, but don't kowtow to him.
  要有礼貌，但不要对他卑躬屈节。
• I remembered watching people kowtow in front of the Potala Palace.
  他说：我记得纪录片里人们在布达拉宫前叩首的场景。
• But if you Chinese dont wanna kowtow to us, we will treat you like how we treat Jap pigs.
  如果中国人不愿意对我们美国人磕头，我们将象对待日本猪那样对待你们。
• Yet when Carrefour and other French companies suffered a boycott by angry Chinese consumers, France sent over three different envoys in effect to kowtow to the Chinese.
  但是，当家乐福（carrefour）和其它法国企业遭到愤怒的中国消费者抵制后，法国派出三名不同的外交使节，实际上让他们向中方叩头。
• They are, it is said, less likely to enforce the OECD rules or to kowtow to foreigners.
  据说香港和澳门不能执行OECD法规或者屈服于外国。
• Kowtow, please back, needless talk doesn't say, small Wan Zhen hurriedly Semitic bird! Emperor's six palaces? Have no interest!
  叩首，请退，废话不说，小婉蓁赶紧闪人鸟！皇六殿吗？没兴趣！
• During the long journey, they wore wooden kneepad to protect their knees, kowtow every three steps until them arrived in Lhasa.
  在漫长的旅途中，他们带着木制的护膝，就这样三步一叩地来到他们心中的圣地。
• From sneakers to skin cream, Chinese consumer goods companies are no longer willing to kowtow to the foreigners who taught them branding.
  从运动鞋到护肤霜，中国消费品公司不再愿意向教会了自己品牌概念的外资企业低头。
• 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。
• Small straight teeth casting ladle available high safety revolving shaft, a brake control vertical torque, doesn't exist kowtow phenomenon.
  小型直齿浇包可用较高的安全转轴，一个制动器控制竖直力矩，根本不存在磕头现象。