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 grovel ['grɑvl.]   添加此单词到默认生词本
vi. 趴, 匍匐, 卑躬屈膝

  1. Those who wished a favour of the emperor had to grovel on hands and knees before him.
    凡希望受到皇帝恩宠的人都要拜倒在他面前.
  2. You will just have to grovel to the bank manager for a loan.
    你只得低声下气地向银行经理借贷.
  3. She will not grovel to anyone.
    她不会向任何人屈服。


grovel
grovelled, grovelling
[ verb ]
show submission or fear
<verb.motion> cower crawl creep cringe fawn


Grovel \Grov"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Groveled}or {Grovelled};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Groveling} or {Grovelling}.] [From OE.
grovelinge, grufelinge, adv., on the face, prone, which was
misunderstood as a p. pr.; cf. OE. gruf, groff, in the same
sense; of Scand. origin, cf. Icel. gr[=u]fa, in [=a] gr[=u]fu
on the face, prone, gr[=u]fa to grovel.]
1. To creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to
lie prone, or move uneasily with the body prostrate on the
earth; to lie flat on one's belly, expressive of
abjectness; to crawl.

To creep and grovel on the ground. --Dryden.

2. To tend toward, or delight in, what is sensual or base; to
be low, abject, or mean.

  1. He must always be ready to grovel before one of its committees. He cannot do much more to hasten the end of the recession.
  2. Americans and other peace-loving people should not expect the Japanese people to grovel before them because of the aggressive actions so many decades ago.
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