kowtowing是什么意思？

kowtowing

• v. 叩头( kowtow的现在分词 )，顺从，惟命是从，（对…）卑躬屈膝；

例句

• Numerous devout men and women are kowtowing and praying. 许多信男信女在磕头、祈祷.
• Numous devout men and women are kowtowing and praying. 无数善瘌痢头信女们在磕头祈祷.
• Without kowtowing, you should concentrate on doing your own job well. 不用拍马屁, 你应该专心把自己的工作做好.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  叩头;磕头；卑躬屈膝；唯命是从
  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.
  例句
  See how stupidly they kow-tow to persons higher in the hierarchy. 瞧他们对上级唯命是从的样子是多么愚蠢啊。