柯林斯詞典kowtow /?ka??ta?/ (also kow-tow) (kowtowing,kowtowed,kowtows) 1. V-I 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. 卑躬屈膝; 唯命是從[非正式] See how stupidly they kow-tow to persons higher in the hierarchy. 瞧他們對上級唯命是從的樣子是多麼的愚蠢。 返回 kowtow劍橋詞典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 卑躬屈膝，唯命是從 返回 kowtow