kowtow
音標發(fā)音
- 英式音標 [?ka??ta?]
- 美式音標 [ka??ta?, ?ka??ta?]
- 國際音標 [,k?u'tau]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- vi. 叩頭；卑躬屈膝
- n. 叩頭
英漢例句
- I refuse to kowtow to anyone.
我決不屈從任何人. - Be polite, but don't kowtow to him.
對他要有禮貌, 但不要卑躬屈膝. - I'm not going to kowtow to a mere nobody like him.
我不想給他這樣的無名小卒磕頭. - I refuse to kowtow to anyone.
我決不屈從任何人. - Be polite, but don't kowtow to him.
對他要有禮貌, 但不要卑躬屈膝.
英英字典
- to show too much respect to someone in authority, always doing what you are told and changing what you do in order to please them
- 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.