汉英词典
MEANING OF 奴颜婢膝
奴颜婢膝
(奴顏婢膝)
servile and bending the knee (idiom); fawning / bending and scraping to curry favor
奴颜 Minion's face, full of flattery / 婢膝 Maid’s knee, often kneeling / Refers to the expression and movement of the minion / Describe the look of shamelessly slapped someone to please
形容卑躬曲膝、低三下四、没有骨气、一味谄媚讨好的样子他们对外奴颜婢膝，甘心卖国求荣。
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他们对外奴颜婢膝，甘心卖国求荣。 They bow and scrape like slaves to the foreigners, willing to sell the country for their own selfish ends. | ||
人类还要在装饰面前奴颜婢膝。 Humanity is still to groan under the slavery of ornament. | ||
但得明了，无做到在奴颜婢膝的同时又能出自我。 Spend as little time on the means as possible consistent with achieving the end. Only idiots live to work. | ||
奴颜婢膝的附庸则很快就会导致外来日益增加的种种压力。 A subservient client would soon face an accumulation of ever-growing pressures. | ||
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