单词toe the line
na.: 准备起跑；服从纪律；(赛跑等时)将脚尖抵在起步线上站着；服从规定
网络: 循规蹈矩；听从命令；听话
服从命令
v.play the gamefollow the rulesconformcomplyobey
v.act up
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。
China is also threatening to restrict entry to news organizations that do not toe the line.
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。
When you scold, I do not toe the line, the stubborn, lazy before, ask your own: It is not my food enough?
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？
This month, thousands of runners will toe the line with mixed emotions.
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。