仰人鼻息的英文怎么说
分类: 英语词汇
仰人鼻息的英文:
[Literal Meaning]
depend on/others/nose/breath
to depend on somebody's whims and pleasures
[解释]
仰:依赖;息:呼吸时进出的气。比喻依赖别人,不能自主。
[Explanation]
to be slavishly dependent
[例子]
在清朝末年,政府非常惧怕西方的强国,简直到了仰人鼻息的地步。
[Example]
In late Qing Dynasty, the government was afraid of the western powerful countries, even to the extent of depending on the western countries' whims and pleasures.
Depend upon another’s pleasure
仰人鼻息
She seemed averse to being under pecuniary obligations.
她似乎不愿在经济上仰人鼻息。
She seemed averse to being under pecuniary obligations
她似乎不愿在经济上仰人鼻息。