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grovels的中文翻译是什么意思

grovels

/ˈgrɔvəlz/

v. 卑躬屈节，奴颜婢膝( grovel的第三人称单数 ); 趴

grovels的柯林斯释义

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.

  • 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。

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.

  • We grovelled around the club on our knees.

    我们趴在俱乐部的地上四处找。