grovel 详细解释
grovel
['grɔvl]
v.趴, 匍匐,卑躬屈膝
vi.
1. 匍匐
The dog groveled at his feet when he shouted at it.
他一叫, 那狗就趴在他脚下。
2. 卑躬屈膝; 屈服
She will not grovel to anyone.
她不会向任何人屈服。
词形变化
副词: grovelingly | 名词: groveler | 动词过去式: groveled/grovelled | 动词过去分词: groveled/grovelled | 动词现在分词: groveling/grovelling | 动词第三人称单数: grovels/grovels |
词义辨析
同义:
vi.匍匐; 爬行
同义参见:
英英释义
动词 grovel:
show submission or fear
同义词：fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower
短语词组
grovel before
1. 卑躬屈膝
He said he would never grovel before a conqueror.
他说他永远不会在征服者脚下摇尾乞怜。
补充
grovelgrovel英:[ˈɡrɔvəl] 美:[ˈɡrɑvəl, ˈɡrʌv-]vi.1.卑躬屈节, 奴颜婢膝2.趴例句
1. He whined and grovelled and apologized.他一边哭诉一边低声下气地道歉。 2. They respect my position but they don't grovel before me.他们尊重我的地位, 但不会在我面前卑躬屈膝。 3. I don't grovel to anybody.我对谁都不会俯首帖耳。 4. She fell to her knees, grovelling in the sawdust on the floor.她跪下来, 在地板的木屑上匍匐前行。 5. We grovelled around the club on our knees.我们在俱乐部用膝盖四处爬行。 6. He was grovelling under his desk for a pencil.他在书桌下爬着寻找铅笔。 7. he grovelled in agony as the driver lashed him repeatedly.赶车人不停地鞭打它时，它痛苦地趴在地上。 8. everyone expected me to grovel with gratitude.所有人都认为我会因感激而卑躬屈膝。 9. [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。 10. to grovel for forgiveness低声下气地请求原谅 11. I wrote a grovelling letter to my bank manager.我低声下气地给我银行的经理写了一封信。 12. The peasants groveled before the king.农民们跪拜国王。 13. He had to grovel to get her to accept his apology.他不得不低声下气地求她接受道歉。 14. He made a groveling apology to his girlfriend.他向女友低声下气地道歉。热门单词推荐
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