toe the line

按照要求行事。
常用释义
遵守规定:遵守规定或规则,按照要求行事。
服从命令:服从命令或指示,按照上级的要求行动。

扩展信息

循规蹈矩
美剧常用俚语 - 豆丁网 ... tie the knot 打结(结婚) toe the line 循规蹈矩,沿着线走 tongue in cheek 闲磕牙(挖苦地) ...
听从命令
与蛋糕种类的相关词汇-英语学习网 ... kettle of fish: 糟糕;两码事 Toe the line: 听从命令 Lapidary: 简洁优雅的 ...
听话
toe ... toed,toeing 用脚尖;用脚尖走路 toe the line 服从命令;听话;尽责;随俗 toe cap 鞋尖饰皮; 鞋头 ...
准备起跑
toe是什么意思?_百度知道 ... toe cap 鞋头 toe the line 听从;准备起跑 slope toe 坡脚 ...
服从命令
toe ... toed,toeing 用脚尖;用脚尖走路 toe the line 服从命令;听话;尽责;随俗 toe cap 鞋尖饰皮; 鞋头 ...
不越过起跑线
line -... ... delay line 延迟线 toe the line 不越过起跑线;严守规则,履行职责,承担责任 assembly line n.(工厂产品的)装配线 ...
沿着线走
美剧常用俚语 - 豆丁网 ... tie the knot 打结(结婚) toe the line 循规蹈矩,沿着线走 tongue in cheek 闲磕牙(挖苦地) ...

例句

With a pistol pointing at the back of his head, he could do nothing but toe the line.

被一把手枪顶着他的后脑勺,他只能乖乖地服从了。

Don't toe the line just as it is grotesque , left to the mercy of it.

不要因它怪诞就俯首听命,听任它的摆布。

So I toe the line and put the clocks back only once a year, and - sigh - put them forward again in the spring.

因此,我听从命令,每年只把时钟回拨一次,然后——唉——再在春季往前拨。

With pleas going unheard, the city government is now moving toward legislation to force manufacturers to toe the line on packaging.

随着要求被置若罔闻,市政府正试图通过立法来使制造商在包装上遵守规定。

I believe that runners of all levels of experience and ability should toe the line with a realistic finish time goal in mind.

我相信所有经验和能力水平的选手都能到达终点只要他们牢记实际的完成时间目标。

中国政府也以限制入境来威胁不遵照规定的新闻团体。

Parents can explain when it is OK to be whimsical, and when they have to toe the line, Dr. Kaufman says.

考夫曼说,父母可以向孩子解释他们什么情况下可以异想天开,而什么情况下必须得按惯例行事。

当你责骂我不听话,固执,懒惰之前,请问问你自已:是不是我的食物不够?

这个月,数以千计的跑步者将带着不同的心情站在起跑线上。

The first time the new teacher met his class , he told the pupils that he expected all of them to toe the line in his lessons .

这位新教师个他的班级第一次见面是便对他的学生说,在他上课的时候,他要求他们循规蹈矩。

In the months after the poll McCain aides poured anonymous scorn on Mrs Palin's refusal to toe the line and ignorance of policy.

在投票过去几个月后,麦凯恩的助手匿名对佩林拒绝听从命令、无视政策大肆攻击。

A person's life, no matter how much you will see, then, learn, then questioned, toe the line, lose, then find, then chipped up to speak;

人一生,不论你多么地会看话、学话、问话、听话、赔话、找话、插话直至说话;

夹脚拖鞋,一度只是海滩客爱穿的廉价品,现在成为高级时尚的推手。

Well, depends on what we do. Sometimes my boss give us a free hand, and sometimes he demands that we toe the line.

那取决于我们做些什么。有时老板让我们自由行事,有时要求我们遵守纪律。

Jane's parents are very strict with her and she has to toe the line.

简的双亲对她十分严格,她只能俯首称臣。

可是,有的时候我却并不听话,甚至有时会因为一些小事跟他们争吵,想想真是不应该啊。

"If he wants to do the research he's good at, he has to toe the line now and again, " the US analyst said.

“如果他想从事自己所擅长的研究,他必须不时听从当局的指示,”前述美国专家表示。

We must request wall street to toe the line as well.

我们必须要求华尔街也开始要这样做。

Blake: You say that now, but make sure you toe the line.

布雷克:你现在这么说,但你要确定会乖乖照规矩来。

The boss warned them to toe the line, or they would get fired.

老闆警告他们要严守规定,否则就会被炒鱿鱼。

常用短语

v.

同义词

听从;准备起跑