grovel
英 [ˈɡrɒvl]
美 [ˈɡrɑːvl]
v. 卑躬屈膝; 俯首帖耳; 奴颜婢膝; 爬行,匍匐(尤指找东西)
现在分词:grovelling 过去式:grovelled 第三人称单数:grovels 过去分词:grovelled
BNC.21873 / COCA.24523
牛津词典
verb
- 卑躬屈膝;俯首帖耳;奴颜婢膝
to behave in a very humble way towards sb who is more important than you or who can give you sth you want - 爬行,匍匐(尤指找东西)
to move along the ground on your hands and knees, especially because you are looking for sth
柯林斯词典
- VERB 卑躬屈膝;奴颜婢膝
If you say that someonegrovels, you think they are behaving too respectfully towards another person, for example because they are frightened or because they want something.- I don't grovel to anybody...
我对谁都不会卑躬屈膝。 - Speakers have been shouted down, classes disrupted, teachers made to grovel.
发言人的声音被叫嚷声盖住了,课堂一片混乱,老师们不得不好言相劝。 - ...a letter of grovelling apology.
一封低声下气的致歉信
- I don't grovel to anybody...
- VERB (为找东西等)爬行,匍匐
If yougrovel, you crawl on the ground, for example in order to find something.- We grovelled around the club on our knees.
我们趴在俱乐部的地上四处找。
- We grovelled around the club on our knees.
in AM, use 美国英语用 groveling, groveled
英英释义
verb
双语例句
- Don't grovel on the ground there: up, this moment! '
不要在那边地上趴着:起来,立刻起来! - I wasn't going to grovel, and the fact that you even went there makes it clear you have no idea who you're dealing with.
我没想过求你。而事实上你这么做反而让我觉得你根本不知道你是在跟谁对着干。 - I was the author of the profound sense of admiration, I am willing to grovel at the feet of Jack London is turning to his extraordinary talent.
我被作者的渊博的常识所折服,我心甘情愿拜倒在杰克·伦敦的脚下仰慕他的非凡的才华。 - A man apologizes when he is wrong, but he will grovel to no one She does the job adequately but she's not going to set the world on fire!
男子汉做错事时会认错,但不会对任何人卑躬屈节。她工作做得不错,但也不会有什么惊人之举! - After struggling for months, it dawned on me that I needed to grovel.
在苦苦挣扎了几个月后,我终于顿悟到自己应该在她面前卑躬屈膝才是。 - We grovelled around the club on our knees.
我们趴在俱乐部的地上四处找。 - Manager: ah! The famous Monsieur poirot. I grovel in mortification, I grovel!
乔德利:啊,著名的波洛先生,我未免太失敬了,失敬了。 - He said he would never grovel before a conqueror.
他说他永远不会在征服者脚下摇尾乞怜。 - He does not compromise or grovel.
他不会妥协或摇尾乞怜。 - I will apologize to him but I won't grovel.
我会向他道歉,但我不会卑躬屈膝。