ADAPTING a novel for the stage requires courage, vision and a spirit that refuses to kowtow to the original author.

We're not going to kowtow to each other.

我们也不会对谁卑躬屈膝。

Yet when Carrefour and other French companies suffered a boycott by angry Chinese consumers, France sent over three different envoys in effect to kowtow to the Chinese.

但是，当家乐福（carrefour）和其它法国企业遭到愤怒的中国消费者抵制后，法国派出三名不同的外交使节，实际上让他们向中方叩头。

It is said when Feng Zikai decided to name his home, he wrote a number of characters randomly each on a slip of paper.

据说当年丰先生给居室起名字的时候，将随意的几个字写在纸条上。

Thomas hesitated, and then took the slip of paper and jammed it carelessly into his pocket.

托马斯迟疑一下，接过纸条，不经意地塞在口袋里。

I saw a man walk into one, leathery skinned, looking slightly lost, a small slip of paper in his hand.

我看见一个皮肤粗糙的男人走进一家求职中介，手里拿着张纸条，看起来有点恍惚。

B Let me write it down on this slip of paper for you. You can show it to the taxi-driver.

我给你写在一个纸片上。你给出租车司机看看就行了。

O'Brien had a slip of paper between his fingers and seemed to be studying it intently.

奥勃良手里捏着一张纸条，似乎在专心阅读。

I explained to the man immediately, and then I wrote a sentence on a slip of paper.

我赶忙向男乘客作了解释，又用纸条写了一句话。

Months later, when the box was moved during remodeling, we found a single slip of paper inside.

数月后，当这个盒子在装修期间被移动时，我们发现里面仅有一张条子。

( Chinese) thin folded wafer containing a maxim on a slip of paper.

（中国）内有写着箴言小纸片的折叠薄饼。

She wrote down her phone number on a slip of paper and gave it to me.

她把她的电话号码写在一张纸条上给我。

He handed me a slip of paper.

他递给我一张纸条。

Before you can open the box, you must sign a slip of paper.

你在开箱之前，必须在纸上签名。

The walking process we would put a slip of paper between our knees.

学习走路的时候，我们要在两膝之间夹着一张纸。

Can you locate the address on this slip of paper?

你知道这纸条上的这个地址在哪吗？

I left the message for you on a slip of paper.

我在一张条上给你留了言。

Inside the passport was a folded slip of paper

护照里面有张折起的纸片。

Jack pulled the slip of paper from his shirt pocket

杰克从衬衫口袋里抽出这张纸条。

I wrote it down on a slip of paper.

我把它记在一张纸条上。

She wrote her name and address on a slip of paper.

她把姓名、地址写在一张纸条上。