kowtow的读音 kowtow中文意思
英音
[ˌkaʊ'taʊ]
美音 [kaʊˈtaʊ, ˈkaʊˌtaʊ]
vi. 叩头；顺从；惟命是从；（对…）卑躬屈膝美音 [kaʊˈtaʊ, ˈkaʊˌtaʊ]
第三人称单数： kowtows
过去式： kowtowed
过去分词： kowtowed
现在分词： kowtowing
中文词源
kowtow 叩头，磕头
来自汉语。
kowtow 用法和例句
- They are , it is said , less likely to enforce the oecd rules or to kowtow to foreigners .
- 据说，他们可以不必太遵守oecd的规则或者对外国人磕头屈服。
- And most encouraging , noda won the dpj election because he refused to kowtow to dpj strongman ichiro ozawa , who continues to run interference against the internationalists even after being ejected from the party leadership in the wake of corruption charges .
- 野田赢得了民主党选举是因为他拒绝向民主党铁腕人物那个在国际主义的反对甚至受到的党领导人腐败指控被弹劾后，依然继续干扰民主党正常工作的小泽一郎磕头，这才是他最鼓舞人心的行为。
- He need not and must not kowtow .
- 但他不必也不应该卑躬屈膝。
- Must I kowtow to him ?
- 我还得给他磕头？
- Adapting a novel for the stage requires courage , vision and a spirit that refuses to kowtow to the original author .
- 将一本小说搬上舞台需要勇气、见识以及拒绝向原作者卑躬屈膝的精神。