in AM, use 美国英语用 groveling, groveled
1 VERB 卑躬屈膝;奴颜婢膝 If you say that someone
grovels, you think they are behaving too respectfully towards another person, for example because they are frightened or because they want something.
卑躬屈膝;奴颜婢膝 [disapproval] -
I don't grovel to anybody. [V + to/before]
我对谁都不会卑躬屈膝。
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Speakers have been shouted down, classes disrupted, teachers made to grovel. [VERB]
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。
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...a letter of grovelling apology. [VERB-ing]
一封低声下气的致歉信
2 VERB (为找东西等)爬行,匍匐 If you
grovel, you crawl on the ground, for example in order to find something.
(为找东西等)爬行,匍匐 [Also VERB] SYN crawl,
crouch,
go on hands and knees,
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