仰人鼻息 meaning in English
live at sb.'s mercy; be at sb.'s beck and call; be slavishly dependent on others; curry to sb.'s every whim; depend on another's whims and pleasures; depend on others for a living; depend [rely] on other people; depend upon another's pleasure; depend upon [on] others; led by the nose; rely on others for a living; having to watch their every expression and desire; under sb.'s thumb
Examples
- She seemed averse to being under pecuniary obligations .
她似乎不愿在经济上仰人鼻息。 - The majority of the people, if it looks back at all, sees, on the contrary, a childhood of darkness, hunger and dependence .
相反，大多数人民看到的却是黑暗，饥饿，仰人鼻息的不堪回首的童年。 - With the tables turned , she was looking down , rather than up , to her lover
她和情人的关系完全颠倒过来了，现在轮到她俯允施惠，不再仰人鼻息了。 - The final end of the state consists not in dominating over men , restraining them by fear , subjecting them to the will of others
政府的终极目标并非将人民圈禁并以武力恫吓束缚，从而使他们仰人鼻息而苟活。 - America will not pretend that jailed dissidents prefer their chains , or that women welcome humiliation and servitude , or that any human being aspires to live at the mercy of bullies
美国不会装模作样地默认被关押的异议者自我选择了枷锁，也不会默认妇女成为可耻的代名词，看着她们变成奴仆，同样不会默认任何人类的一员仰人鼻息地生活。