卑躬屈膝

The dog groveled at his feet when he shouted at it.

他一叫，那狗就趴在他脚下。2。卑躬屈膝；屈服

Brian Glanville, doyen of British soccer commentators, says Cavan 'grovelled' to Havelange.

英国足球评论界的老前辈布莱恩·格兰威尔说加文对阿维兰热&卑躬屈膝&。

Treacherous changes in a situation.He would like France,an important voice in the Security Council, to throw him some"UN aid".But French President Jacques Chirac, still smarting from the contempt poured on France by American politicians during the leadup to the invasion of Iraq, will only toss the life preserver if Bush says"pretty please".This is a strengthened form of"please"used when one child grovels before another for a favor.

他想让法国——在联合国安理会有着重要声音的国家——扔给他一些&联合国救援&，而法国总统希拉克呢，由于美国领导人在出兵伊拉克之前泼给法国的轻蔑至今还让他心中感到刺痛，因此，他要扔出救生圈有先决条件——只有布什说pretty please才可以，而这个词是&请&的一种加强语气的形式，用在一个小孩子为了得到另一个小孩子的帮忙而卑躬屈膝相求的场合。

E.g. He kowtowed to the regime .

他对那 政权卑躬屈膝。

I chose to succeed on my own terms , not kowtowing to my controlling family .

我选择自己白手起家，而不会向控制我的家庭卑躬屈膝。

The British government is proposing to ask Parliament to ban the procedure, and a cynical interpretation of this non-decision might be that a supposedly independent authority is kowtowing to government whim.

英国政府准备提出议案要求议会中止该程序，对于HFEA的试验，这里有个愤世嫉俗的比喻，说那就像一个理应独立的权威机构却向政府的反复无常卑躬屈膝。

Bending over backwards for customers is largely what gives entrepreneurs their edge, and in these days of personalized service and money back guarantees, overindulged customers expect they'll get everything they demand.

很多经营者是依靠卑躬屈膝的方式来拉拢消费者的，伴随着现在越来越普遍的私人服务和全额退款承诺，某些消费者就像被宠坏的孩子一样认为他们可以得到任何他们想要的东西。

US President Barack Obama makes his maiden visit to Beijing and is pilloried in the US press for kow-towing to China's leaders, who refuse to televise his "town hall" meeting with a group of students.

美国总统奥巴马首次访问中国。他被美国媒体嘲笑为向中国领导人卑躬屈膝，中国政府拒绝直播奥巴马与上海学生的对话。

"He, he!" simpered Brass, who in his deep debasement really seemed to have changed sexes with his sister, and to have made over to her any spark of manliness he might have possessed

&嘻，嘻！&布拉斯假笑道，他这样卑躬屈膝，真好像同他妹妹颠倒了阴阳，并且把自己的一点点丈夫气统统移交给她了。

Even as slaves humble themselves before a tyrant and praise him though he slays them.

就像奴隶们在暴君面前卑躬屈膝，赞扬他，尽管受到他的杀戮。

With Death guitarist Schuldiner adopting vocal duties, the band made a major impact on the scene.

随着死亡的吉他手Schuldiner接受主唱的职务，乐队在现实中树立了重要的影响。

But he could still end up breakfasting on Swiss-government issue muesli because all six are accused of nicking around 45 million pounds they should have paid to FIFA.

不过他最后仍有可能沦为瑞士政府&议事餐桌&上的一道早餐，因为这所有六个人都被指控把本应支付给国际足联的大约4500万英镑骗了个精光。