grovel
vi. 卑躬屈节,奴颜婢膝; 趴
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.
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。
If you grovel, you crawl on the ground, for example in order to find something.
We grovelled around the club on our knees.
我们趴在俱乐部的地上四处找。
1. show submission or fear
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.
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。
She will not grovel to anyone.
她不会向任何人屈服.
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.
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.