toe the line

基本解釋

In the months after the poll McCain aides poured anonymous scorn on Mrs Palin's refusal to toe the line and ignorance of policy.
在投票過去幾個月后，麥凱恩的助手匿名對佩林拒絕聽從命令、無視政策大肆攻擊。
Expecting state-owned companies to toe the line on price controls is one thing, but foreign companies and their shareholders will be surely loathe to accept a ‘harmonious’ margin squeeze.
希望國有大型企業(yè)保持價格穩(wěn)定在某一水平是一回事，但是外國企業(yè)和他們的投資者肯定不會愿意接受一個“和諧”的利潤縮水的方案。
The “sociology” of big banks’ boards also had something to do with it, says Ingo Walter of New York’s Stern School of Business: as the members bonded, dissidents felt pressure to toe the line.
大銀行董事會的社會關(guān)系學(xué)與此也有些關(guān)聯(lián)，紐約斯特恩商學(xué)院的Ingo Walter認(rèn)為：因為利益聯(lián)盟，持不同政見者在那些循規(guī)蹈矩者中總要承受更大的壓力。

But, ultimately, it agrees with its European partners that Iran must toe the line.
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Win or lose in upstate New York they will warn Republicans to toe the line on conservative dogma.
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