grovel是什么意思_grovel的用法_词性_词根

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

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．"