kowtow
🇺🇸
/ˌkaʊˈtaʊ/
🇬🇧
/ˌkaʊˈtaʊ/
verb
R
to show too much respect to someone in power, usually more than is necessary, and do whatever they say.
He refused to kowtow to his boss's demands that seemed unfair.
他拒絕對他的老闆提出的不公平要求卑躬屈膝。
translation
卑躬屈膝
詞形變化
3rd Present
kowtows
Past
kowtowed
Perfect
kowtowed
Progressive
kowtowing