kowtow

verb

1. 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

1. VERB 叩头;磕头；卑躬屈膝；唯命是从
   If you say that someone kowtows to someone 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。

1. According to the local custom, he had to kowtow three times.
   按照乡俗，他得叩三个头。
2. 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。
3. The Kiwi kowtow appears to have worked quite well but British attempts to curry favour are met with a very different response.
   英国式磕头作揖似乎很管用，但英国博取欢心的努力遭遇了迥然不同的反应。
4. Sheldon: I'm taking a sabbatical because I won't kowtow to mediocre minds.
   我在休假，因为我不愿向平庸之流屈服。
5. He could not kneel and kowtow to the emperor since that would reveal the emperor's identity so he bent his fingers to knock on the table to express his gratitude and respect to the emperor.
   由于这会暴露皇帝的身份，因此他不能跪下来向皇帝叩头，于是他弯起手指在桌上敲了几个，以表示自己对皇帝的谢意和敬意。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. 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。
9. He need not and must not kowtow.
   但他不必也不应该卑躬屈膝。
10. Fourth Master Liu was gratified by the number of people who came to kowtow and congratulate him, and his elation increased with the arrival of many old friends to wish him a happy birthday.
    刘四爷很满意有这么多人来给他磕头祝寿。更足以自傲的是许多老朋友也赶着来贺喜。
11. 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。
12. Straight teeth casting ladle is two controllers, divide control pouring torque and vertical torque, exchange space is adjustable, not kowtow phenomenon;
    直齿浇包是两个制动器，分别控制倾倒力矩和竖直力矩，交换间隙可调，没有磕头现象；
13. Mr Broughton said there was no need to "kowtow to the Americans every time they wanted something done" to beef up security on US-bound flights, especially when this involved checks the US did not impose on its own domestic routes.
    布莱顿表示，没有必要在“美国人每次想要加强飞往美国的航班安检时屈从他们”，特别是当美国在国内航线上都没有实施这些安检措施的时侯。
14. We're not going to kowtow to each other.
    我们也不会对谁卑躬屈膝。
15. Be polite, but don't kowtow to him.
    要有礼貌，但不要对他卑躬屈节。
16. 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。
17. Have you seen the people when they make a long kowtow? Their faces and hands are all dirty, but their hearts are clean.
    见过磕长头的人吗？他们的脸和手都很脏，可是心灵却很干净。
18. 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？
19. 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。
20. No, I don't kowtow to no mattress company.
    不，我才不会向床垫公司卑躬屈膝呢。
21. 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。
22. They are there to govern, not to kowtow to vested interests.
    他们的职责是管治，而不是向既得利益屈服。
23. 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。
24. Tomorrow I'll have Papa make you kneel three times and kowtow nine times before photographs of my grandparents as a penalty.
    明天我教爸爸罚你对祖父祖母的照片三跪九叩首。
25. Do I have to kneel down and kowtow to him?
    你还让我跪下来给他磕个头吗？
26. Slowly, Grandmother Chen raised her head and looked around, whereupon the "acolyte" tugged at Xiangzi to make him kowtow.
    慢慢的，陈二奶奶抬起头来，点着头看了看大家；童儿扯了扯祥子，教他赶紧磕头。
27. 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。
28. All the servants had to kowtow to the emperor when he entered the room.
    皇帝进房间时，所有的仆人都得向他叩首。
29. Can you imagine that I was give her a kowtow to beg her to spare me?
    你能想象吗？我跪下给她磕头乞求她放过我？
30. 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！

noun

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

   Synonym:    kotow

verb

1. try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
   1. He is always kowtowing to his boss

   Synonym:    fawntoadytrucklebootlickkotowsuck up

2. bend the knees and bow in a servile manner

   Synonym:    scrapegenuflect