kowtows的中文翻译是什么意思

VERB叩头;磕头；卑躬屈膝；唯命是从

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.

• See how stupidly they kow-tow to persons higher in the hierarchy.

  瞧他们对上级唯命是从的样子是多么愚蠢啊。