kowtowing

kowtowing

美 [ˈkaʊˌtaʊ] 　英 [ˌkaʊˈtaʊ]

• v.磕头；拍马屁；奉承
• n.磕头
• 网络磕头队；卑躬屈膝

词形变化

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

同义词

英汉解释

n.	1. 〈外〉叩头,磕头
v.	1. 叩头,磕头 2. 拍马屁;奉承 (to)
na.	1. “kotow”的变体

英英解释

v.	1. to try very hard to please someone, in a way that other people find annoying
na.	1. The variant of kotow

例句

Google says the sites were left off for technical reasons , but critics say the company is kowtowing to pressure from Beijing.

谷歌宣称这些网站被禁是出于技术原因，但批评者认为该公司屈服于政府的压力。

The Republicans accuse him of apologizing for America and kowtowing to its rivals.

共和党人指责他为美国道歉，向对手磕头。

Participation was aware, from passionate toward kowtowing apology.

录参知之，诸若水叩头谢罪。

If that meant kowtowing to Chinese demands to shun Taiwan, snub the Dalai Lama or tone down criticism of human-rights abuses, so be it.

如果这意味着需要屈服于中国要求的封杀台湾、冷落达赖喇嘛或降低对侵犯人权批判的调子，那么就这么办吧。

"Other departments and agencies can say to the [central bank]: you are just kowtowing to western interests, " he says.

拉迪说：“其它部门和机构可能会对中国央行表示，你们完全是在听命于西方利益集团。”

There are companies with worse records than Google when it comes to exploiting personal data and kowtowing to authoritarian regimes.

在侵犯个人隐私以及向当权卑躬屈膝者中，还有比谷歌记录更坏的公司。

For four thousand years the Chinese people have been kowtowing before their ancestral tombs, seeking an answer to life in the past.

四千年以来，中国人民一直是向祖先坟墓磕头膜拜，寻求过去生活的答案。

devotees came from afar, kowtowing all the way to Lhasa, whether you believe or not!

你知道，很多信徒从很远的地方来，一路磕头来拉萨，不管你信不信！

So for all their efforts -- and kowtowing -- this is likely to remain one tough market Wall Street firms.

所以尽管他们作出了努力和逢迎，中国市场依然可能是华尔街企业一块“难啃的骨头”。

Without kowtowing, you should concentrate on doing your own job well.

不用拍马屁，你应该专心把自己的工作做好。

we should not be kowtowing to anybody when it comes to freedom in this country.

在一切关系这个国家自由的问题上我们不应该向任何人屈服。

He mocks what he sees as kowtowing to Beijing by Ma Ying-jeon, leader of the Kuomintang party, which regained office last year.

陈水扁嘲讽了在他看来马英九对北京方面奴颜婢膝的表现，这位国民党领导人去年上台。

lawyers kowtowing to a judge;

讨好法官的律师们；