| 单词 | grovel |
| 释义 | grovel /grɒvl; name grɑːvl/ (-ll-, name -l-) [intransitive] (disapproving) to behave in a very humble way towards sb who you want to forgive you, or who can give you sth that you want卑躬屈膝；俯首贴耳；奴颜婢膝◆he went grovelling to her for forgiveness.他卑躬屈膝地去求她宽恕。◆a grovelling letter of apology一封低声下气的道歉信grovel/ˈgrɒvl ||; ˈgrɑvḷ/verb [i] (grovelling;grovelled (us 美) groveling;groveled) 1. grovel (to sb) (for sth) to try too hard to please sb who is more important than you or who can give you sth that you want 低声下气；奴颜婢膝: ◇to grovel for forgiveness 低声下气地请求原谅 2. grovel (around/about) (for sth) to move around on your hands and knees (usually when you are looking for sth) 爬行，匍匐（通常为了找东西） ➔grovelling adj ◇i wrote a grovelling letter to my bank manager. 我低声下气地给我银行的经理写了一封信。 grovelsee ⇨ friendly 6 grov·el /`grɑvḷ; ˈɡrɒvəl/v [i] -lled, -lling bre 【英】, -led, -ling ame 【美】 1. to try too hard to please someone or to keep telling them you are sorry 低声下气，卑躬屈膝:◇never grovel to your boss. 千万不要向老板低声下气。 2. to move around on your hands and knees because you are looking for something ［因寻找某物而］匍匐在地，趴伏:◇i saw him grovelling in the road for his hat. 我看到他趴在路上找帽子。 |
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