仰人鼻息的英文怎么说
2012-07-08 09:43
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。
