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kowtow如何读

英：[ˌkaʊˈtaʊ]

美：[kaʊˈtaʊ, ˈkaʊˌtaʊ]

kowtow是什么意思

vi.

叩头

顺从

惟命是从

（对…）卑躬屈膝

n.

叩头

kowtow自然拼读

kow·tow

kaU taU [or] kaU taU

kowtow变形

第三人称单数:kowtows

现在分词:kowtowing

过去式:kowtowed

过去分词:kowtowed

kowtow扩展

kowtower (n.)

kowtow英英释义

intransitive verb

to show extreme or excessive deference.He insisted on being valued for the quality of his work and refused to kowtow to the boss.

to kneel down and place the forehead on the ground as an act of deference, respect, or the like, esp. when done in compliance with Chinese custom.She dutifully kowtowed before her mother-in-law.

noun

an act of kowtowing.

kowtow词源中文解释

也是 kow-tow，1804年，源自中国的 k'o-t'ou, 习俗，即在跪拜时用额头触地，作为尊敬或屈服的姿态，字面意思是"敲头"，由 k'o "敲击，碰撞"和 t'ou "头部"组成。

kowtow词源英文解释

Noun and Verb Chinese (Beijing) kòutóu, from kòu to knock + tóu head

The first known use of kowtow was in 1804

kowtow儿童词典英英释义

kowtowverb

to show overly respectful attention

kowtow 例句

1 Be polite, but don't kowtow to him.

要有礼貌, 但不要对他卑躬屈节.

2 But what comes through nearly every song is a sense of camaraderie and joyful relief: no more kowtowing to radio and countless ways to jam.

3 Unlike other clubs in the area, it does not kowtow to the tyranny of bottle service.

4 Some parts of the younger generation is inclined to kowtow to extend my New Year's greetings.

一些地区晚辈则要给老辈的人磕头致以拜年。

5 There were so many times when I felt shame, and all the hope drained from my soul as I watched the adults in my family kowtow to white people.

6 I'm not going to kowtow to a mere nobody like him.

我不想给他这样的无名小卒磕头。

7 But then, the studios are too busy kowtowing to the idiotic teenage demographic to let him.

8 Ms. Walker said she was aware of the risks her work runs and of the issues it raises about revealing dysfunction versus celebrating achievement, about loyalty to race versus “kowtowing to the dominant culture.”

9 Following instructions, I kowtowed to the goddess Guanyin and shook a wooden container filled with long sticks until one of them escaped and fell to the ground.

10 But kowtowing to political machinations by censoring artists is not the right strategy to gain the high ground, and critics and arts commentators should be unequivocal in condemning this deeply worrying capitulation.

11 One of Romney's difficulties is that he has to kowtow to these folks on abortion and immigration, but without alienating mainstream voters.

12 At his glance, Minli shrank to the ground in a humble kowtow.

13 Forced to bow his head in the ritual kowtow, he kept trying to raise it.

在被迫低头行通常的那种磕头礼后，他总是努力再抬起头来。

14 I refuse to kowtow to anyone.

我决不屈从任何人.

15 If that was the plan all along, then why kowtow to a bunch of uptight bloggers by spelling it out in the DVD release?

16 As the two work together, Lionel refuses to kowtow to him, and their interaction is a pas de deux of advance and retreat that amounts to a two-person class struggle.

17 Jiang's character says in the movie he wants to "earn money while standing upright" instead of kowtowing to authority.

18 This is not about civility, being nice, political correctness, kowtowing to others' views, or agreeing to disagree.

19 An author, cognitive scientist and linguist who has long studied how propaganda works, he believes it’s long past time for the reality-based news media to stop kowtowing to the emperor.

20 Ironically, these are the very people talking about P.C. who can't stand the articulation of an unapologetic black voice that doesn't kowtow or cower to them.