to kowtow

Slowly, Grandmother Chen raised her head and looked around, whereupon the "acolyte" tugged at Xiangzi to make him kowtow.

慢慢的，陈二奶奶抬起头来，点着头看了看大家；童儿扯了扯祥子，教他赶紧磕头。

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Yet when Carrefour and other French companies suffered a boycott by angry Chinese consumers, France sent over three different envoys in effect to kowtow to the Chinese.

但是，当家乐福（carrefour）和其它法国企业遭到愤怒的中国消费者抵制后，法国派出三名不同的外交使节，实际上让他们向中方叩头。

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All the servants had to kowtow to the emperor when he entered the room.

皇帝进房间时,所有的仆人都得向他叩首.

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Do I have to kneel down and kowtow to him?

你还让我跪下来给他磕个头吗？

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I refuse to kowtow to anyone.

我决不屈从任何人.

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According to the local custom, he had to kowtow three times.

按照乡俗，他得叩三个头。

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Fourth Master Liu was gratified by the number of people who came to kowtow and congratulate him, and his elation increased with the arrival of many old friends to wish him a happy birthday.

刘四爷很满意有这么多人来给他磕头祝寿。更足以自傲的是许多老朋友也赶着来贺喜。

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When the head of the giant software corporation refused to kowtow to the swami, he was promptly transformed into a little bug.

当这个软件巨头公司的老板拒绝象神像叩首时，他马上被变作了一只小虫子。

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Be polite, but don't kowtow to him.

要有礼貌, 但不要对他卑躬屈节.

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From sneakers to skin cream, Chinese consumer goods companies are no longer willing to kowtow to the foreigners who taught them branding.

从运动鞋到护肤霜，中国消费品公司不再愿意向教会了自己品牌概念的外资企业低头。

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That money will not kowtow to Mr de Villepin or anyone else in the French government.

这些资金是不会向德维尔潘或任何其他法国政府官员妥协的.

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To kowtow used to be one of the rites involved in paying the spring Festival visits, but now it is replaced by the Spring festival greetings with best wishes, for instance, wishes for a good fortune.

磕头是春节拜访仪式之一，但现在却换成了春节的问候与美好的祝愿，例如，祝愿发财。

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The Kiwi kowtow appears to have worked quite well but British attempts to curry favour are met with a very different response.

英国式磕头作揖似乎很管用，但英国博取欢心的努力遭遇了迥然不同的反应。

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They are there to govern, not to kowtow to vested interests.

他们的职责是管治，而不是向既得利益屈服。

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Reading the tea leaves as positions shuffle, listening to the kowtow and mumble of stifled resentment.

在人事变动时看着杯中的茶叶读解未来。听着唯唯诺诺、敢怒不敢言的低语。

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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。

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Mr Broughton said there was no need to "kowtow to the Americans every time they wanted something done" to beef up security on US-bound flights, especially when this involved checks the US did not impose on its own domestic routes.

布莱顿表示，没有必要在“美国人每次想要加强飞往美国的航班安检时屈从他们”，特别是当美国在国内航线上都没有实施这些安检措施的时侯。

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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.

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We're not going to kowtow to each other.

我们也不会对谁卑躬屈膝。

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