kowtower 的 2 个定义
- to act in an obsequious manner; show servile deference.
- to touch the forehead to the ground while kneeling, as an act of worship, reverence, apology, etc., especially in former Chinese custom.
- the act of kowtowing.
kowtower 近义词
等同于 brownnoser
等同于 yes man
更多kowtower例句
- And, of course, all these people had to kowtow and sell to Saatchi.
- If President Obama wants to kowtow more to "the markets" (Wall Street), he might appoint someone like Summers or Rubin.
- He likes to remind people that he supports abortion rights and does not kowtow to the fire-breathers in the Republican ranks.
- At certain points, the legislative kowtow went over the top.
- Make the flag of the free so well known and respected that everywhere peopled kowtow to the same and take off their hats.
- After a great deal of kowtow, they were planted in two chairs opposite each other in the living-room.
- As he declined to kowtow before the emperor, he was not admitted to the imperial presence and the mission proved 199 abortive.
- To the emperor, the “kowtow” is performed by kneeling three times, each act accompanied by touching the ground with the forehead.
- And yet he did not move—he made no movement save to kowtow for mercy with his head.