go cap in hand to

There is no need to go cap in hand to Beijing.

欧洲人无需卑躬屈膝地向中国求援。

All pensions should be at or above subsistence level. Retired workers should not have to go cap in hand to ask for supplementary allowances.

所有养老金都应相当或高于平均生活水平，不应让退休工人落到乞求补助的境地。

Northern Rock has been kept afloat by public subsidy since September, when international credit markets cut off its main source of funding and forced it to go cap in hand to the Bank of England.

自九月国际信贷市场切断其筹措资金的主要来源，迫使他卑躬屈膝向英格兰银行求助那段时间，北岩一直是在靠公共补贴艰难度日。

Go cap in hand to sb, asking for money.

卑躬屈膝地去找某人要钱。

Circumstances once forced him to go cap in hand to the boss for help.

过去他曾不得不低声下气地去向老板求助。