屈打成招指严刑拷打迫使无辜者招认。例有口难言，竟屈打成招。英confess to false charges under torture; obtain confessions under tortare;[查看详情]

苟且偷生贪图眼前的存活缺乏远见或贪生怕死。例我们看到的却只有苟且偷生这里并没有一点光荣。——巴金《无题》英drag out an ignoble existence;[查看详情]

委曲求全勉强迁就以求保全；顾全大局暂时忍让。英compromise out of consideration for the general interest; make concessions to achieve one's purpose; stoop to compromise;[查看详情]

哀告宾服宾服：古指诸侯或边远部落按时朝贡表示依服、服从。后泛指归顺、服从。指哀求饶恕愿意服从。[查看详情]

苟延残喘苟且延续最后一点气息形容生命即将终结。例今日之事何不使我得早处囊中以苟延残喘乎？——明马中锡《中山狼传》历来的反动政权每当它摇摇欲坠、苟延残喘之际就会越来越人心涣散众叛亲离，这是必然的规律。英eke out a miserable lif; be on one's last legs;[查看详情]

贪生怕死一味自爱生命惧怕死亡。原指士兵作战因怕死而退缩不前。现在已逐渐产生新义即凡是在工作中怕脏、怕累、怕危险等等，皆属此列。英cravenly cling to life instead of braving death; care for nothing but saving one's skin; be mortally afraid of death;[查看详情]

卑躬屈膝弯腰下跪。形容毫无骨气谄媚奉承。亦作：卑躬屈节。[查看详情]