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kow·tow /ˌkaʊˈtaʊ/ verb [intransitive] informal BENDto be too eager to obey or be polite to someone in authority 顺从，唯命是从kowtow to We will not kowtow to the government. 我们不会对政府卑躬屈膝。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuskowtow to• Members of Congress shouldn't be kowtowing to special interest groups.Origin kowtow (1800-1900) Chinese ke tou “to hit your head”; because when you bow very low you hit your head on the floorkow·tow verbChineseSyllable too or to Corpus be obey eager to polite be |