[只用于名词前]a grovelling letter of apology
一封低声下气的道歉信
牛津词典
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。
We grovelled around the club on our knees.
我们趴在俱乐部的地上四处找。
Maybe if I really grovel, he will pass me.
如果我真的去说说好话,也许他(老师)会让我及格.
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Pessimistic persons would like to grovel on the floor rather than meet the challenge.
悲观的人宁肯永远趴在地上也不愿迎接挑战。
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She will not grovel to anyone.
她不会向任何人屈服.
辞典例句
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.
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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.
辞典例句
Don't grovel — stick up for yourself!
你别卑躬屈膝──要自卫!
《简明英汉词典》
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.
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Since they speak straightforwardly and selflessly and never appear to grovel or fawn.
因为他们说话正直无私,容色也不阿谀谄媚.
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Were I such they would grovel at my feet.
倘若我真是暴君,他们就会俯伏在我的脚下了.
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Then he began to grovel and wail, " I deserve to die! "
这时他趴倒在地嚎叫道 “ 我该死 ”.
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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.
辞典例句
A man apologizes when he's wrong, but he will grovel before no one.
一个人犯了错该向人道歉, 但不应该卑躬屈节.
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I don't grovel to anybody.
我对谁都不会卑躬屈膝。
柯林斯例句
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。
柯林斯例句
