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单词 grovel
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释义
词典释义:
grovel
GRE
英 [ˈɡrɒv(ə)l]
美 [ˈɡrɑvəl]

v. 匍匐;趴;匍匐前进;爬行;卑躬屈膝;奴颜婢膝

  • 第三人称单数 grovels
  • 现在分词 grovelling
  • 过去分词 grovelled
  • 过去式 grovelled
双语例句
  • I don't want to grovel to the boss.

    我不想对老板卑躬屈膝了

  • 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.

    发言者完全被叫嚷声压住了,教室一片混乱,老师们不得不低声下气。

  • She will not grovel to anyone.

    我永远也不会屈服,她想。

  • 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。

  • To gawk and grovel and stare at Prince Ali!

    目瞪口呆,卑躬屈膝,并盯著阿里王子看!

近义词
vi.
kowtow
同根词

词根 grovel

  • groveling adj. 匍匐的;卑躬屈节的 v. (在卑屈、恐惧等时)匍匐;卑躬屈膝(grovel的ing形式)

  • grovelling adj. 奴颜婢膝的;卑下的;卑躬屈节的 v. 趴在地上;匍匐(grovel的ing形式)

  • groveler n. 卑恭屈节的人

释义
v.

lie or move abjectly on the ground with one's face downwards

匍匐,趴;匍匐前进,爬行

  • he grovelled in agony as the driver lashed him repeatedly.

    工头不停地用鞭子抽打他,他痛苦地向前爬行。

act in an obsequious manner in order to obtain someone's forgiveness or favour

奴颜婢膝,卑躬屈膝

  • everyone expected me to grovel with gratitude

    所有人都认为我会因感激而卑躬屈膝

  • [as adj. grovelling]his grovelling references to great' historians and their brilliant' works.

    他谈及“伟大的”历史学家以及他们“卓越的”作品时那种佩服得五体投地的态度。

词源

"Middle English: back-formation from the obsolete adverb grovelling, from obsolete groof, grufe ‘the face or front' (in the phrase on grufe, from Old Norse á grúfu ‘face downwards’) + the suffix -ling."

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