kowtowed
英 [ˌkaʊˈtaʊd]
美 [ˌkaʊˈtaʊd]
v. 叩头; 磕头; 卑躬屈膝; 唯命是从
kowtow的过去分词和过去式
柯林斯词典
- 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.- 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。
- See how stupidly they kow-tow to persons higher in the hierarchy.
双语例句
- They went down on their knees and kowtowed.
他们跪下并磕了头。 - At the time, I kowtowed with my forehead on the icy soil, and tears running down, I eventually admitted the painful fact of mother's eternal departed.
这时，我将前额叩伏在冰冷的泥土上，泪水滚滚而出，我终于接受了痛失母亲这个事实。 - But unlike some of those that might have kowtowed to him, Drucker was a guru with charm who never set out to diminish others.
但与那些热情追捧他的大师不同在于，他虽魅力四射，却从不遮掩群星的光芒。 - So this old man was no ordinary person. I knelt down respectfully and kowtowed. I became his apprentice.
原来老头不是简单的人物，我这才老老实实的跪下去，磕了头，真做了他的徒弟。 - The newspaper also criticized Germany and the Netherlands for having "preemptively kowtowed to beijing" by ruling out the possibility of building diesel-powered submarines for the ROC navy.
那一份报纸也指责德国和荷兰“对北京预先采取的行动卑躬屈膝”，因为德国和荷兰已经使得为roc海军建造柴油动力的潜水艇成为不可能的事。 - Kneeling down solemnly, Yun Jiang kowtowed twice and left, with head rising and chest lifting.
云将跪下来恭恭敬敬地磕了两个响头，神情肃然，抬头挺胸地走了。 - Then he kowtowed to the monk, to show his reverence and gratitude.
他向僧人叩拜，表达自己的敬意和感激。 - He kowtowed many times in great reverence before Hong Meng and raised the old questions again.
云将在鸿蒙面前恭恭敬敬地叩了无数个响头，又将老问题重新提了一遍。 - He kowtowed to the regime.
他对那政权卑躬屈膝。 - In ancient times officials kowtowed to the emperor when they met with him.
古代，大臣见到皇帝要磕头。