Lawyers kowtowing to a judge ;

讨好法官的律师们；

To drop the case would risk looking as if he were kowtowing to berlin .

如果放弃，德古赫特将冒着被扣上“向德国人卑躬屈膝”帽子的风险。

The republicans accuse him of apologising for america and kowtowing to its rivals .

共和党人指责他为美国道歉并且向自己的对手卑躬屈膝。

Mr. li 's struggle to open his songtangzhai museum is a tortured tale that involved five years of kowtowing , cajoling and a " gift " of 148 prized items to the culture ministry .

李先生开办松堂斋博物馆的努力是一个曲折的故事，包括历时五年卑躬屈膝、献媚讨好，以及给文化部148件一流艺术品的“献礼”。

But he started off on a negative note , by criticising barack obama for kowtowing to china , betraying israel , and so on .

但在启程前，他定了一个负面消极的调子，就巴拉克奥巴马展开批评，称奥巴马对华软弱、背叛以色列等等。