toe the line

toe the line

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• na.准备起跑；服从纪律；(赛跑等时)将脚尖抵在起步线上站着；服从规定
• 网络循规蹈矩；听从命令；听话

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With a pistol pointing at the back of his head, he could do nothing but toe the line.

被一把手枪顶着他的后脑勺，他只能乖乖地服从了。

Don't toe the line just as it is grotesque , left to the mercy of it.

不要因它怪诞就俯首听命，听任它的摆布。

So I toe the line and put the clocks back only once a year, and - sigh - put them forward again in the spring.

因此，我听从命令，每年只把时钟回拨一次，然后——唉——再在春季往前拨。

With pleas going unheard, the city government is now moving toward legislation to force manufacturers to toe the line on packaging.

随着要求被置若罔闻，市政府正试图通过立法来使制造商在包装上遵守规定。

I believe that runners of all levels of experience and ability should toe the line with a realistic finish time goal in mind.

我相信所有经验和能力水平的选手都能到达终点只要他们牢记实际的完成时间目标。

China is also threatening to restrict entry to news organizations that do not toe the line.

中国政府也以限制入境来威胁不遵照规定的新闻团体。

Parents can explain when it is OK to be whimsical, and when they have to toe the line, Dr. Kaufman says.

考夫曼说，父母可以向孩子解释他们什么情况下可以异想天开，而什么情况下必须得按惯例行事。

When you scold, I do not toe the line, the stubborn, lazy before, ask your own: It is not my food enough?

当你责骂我不听话，固执，懒惰之前，请问问你自已：是不是我的食物不够？

This month, thousands of runners will toe the line with mixed emotions.

这个月，数以千计的跑步者将带着不同的心情站在起跑线上。

The first time the new teacher met his class , he told the pupils that he expected all of them to toe the line in his lessons .

这位新教师个他的班级第一次见面是便对他的学生说，在他上课的时候，他要求他们循规蹈矩。

In the months after the poll McCain aides poured anonymous scorn on Mrs Palin's refusal to toe the line and ignorance of policy.

在投票过去几个月后，麦凯恩的助手匿名对佩林拒绝听从命令、无视政策大肆攻击。

A person's life, no matter how much you will see, then, learn, then questioned, toe the line, lose, then find, then chipped up to speak;

人一生，不论你多么地会看话、学话、问话、听话、赔话、找话、插话直至说话；

Flip-flops, once humble favorite at the beach, now toe the line of high fashion.

夹脚拖鞋，一度只是海滩客爱穿的廉价品，现在成为高级时尚的推手。

Well, depends on what we do. Sometimes my boss give us a free hand, and sometimes he demands that we toe the line.

那取决于我们做些什么。有时老板让我们自由行事，有时要求我们遵守纪律。

Jane's parents are very strict with her and she has to toe the line.

简的双亲对她十分严格，她只能俯首称臣。

However, sometimes I do not toe the line, and sometimes because of some trivial quarrel with them, think really should not be ah.

可是，有的时候我却并不听话，甚至有时会因为一些小事跟他们争吵，想想真是不应该啊。

"If he wants to do the research he's good at, he has to toe the line now and again, " the US analyst said.

“如果他想从事自己所擅长的研究，他必须不时听从当局的指示，”前述美国专家表示。

We must request wall street to toe the line as well.

我们必须要求华尔街也开始要这样做。

Blake: You say that now, but make sure you toe the line.

布雷克：你现在这么说，但你要确定会乖乖照规矩来。

The boss warned them to toe the line, or they would get fired.

老闆警告他们要严守规定，否则就会被炒鱿鱼。

Ordinary people are careful to toe the line.

普通民众也小心翼翼，不敢越雷池一步。

Their father is strict with his children and they have to toe the line .

父亲对孩子很严格，他们必须言听计从。

If he doesn't toe the line, fire him!

要是他不守规矩就辞了他！

Li's reasoning is that it's better to toe the line than risk being shut down.

李认为循规蹈矩要比冒被关闭的风险好。

Business schools emphasise how to make you toe the line.

而商学院强调的则是循规蹈矩。

I'm the one who is going to make your life real difficult from now on if you don't toe the line, country boy.

如果你们不听话，从现在开始我是那个可以让你们举步维艰的人。乡巴佬。

Example: The new director will make us toe the line , I'm sure .

新领导会让我们惟命是从的，我肯定。

The teacher is very strict with the students and the students have to toe the line.

那个老师对学生要求十分严格，学生们不得不循规蹈矩。