| 词汇 | grovel |
| 释义 | grovel verb[ I ] uk /ˈɡrɒv.əl/ us /ˈɡrɑː.vəl/-ll- or US usually-l- grovelverb[I] (TRY TO PLEASE)to behave with too much respect towards someone to show that you are very eager to please them: 卑躬屈膝，奴颜婢膝，俯首帖耳 He sent a grovelling note of apology.他寄去了一封低三下四的道歉信。 Praising insincerely or too eagerly backhanded compliment bootlicker bow and scrapeidiom crawler creep flummery glad-handing grovelling grovellingly hagiographic obsequious obsequiously people pleaser play up to someone schmooze sycophantically toady toadying truckle unctuous grovelverb[I] (MOVE)to move close to or on the ground: 匍匐前进，爬行 I was grovelling under the sofa, trying to find my contact lens.我正爬到沙发底下找我的隐形眼镜。 Moving on your hands and legs or on your stomach clamber claw claw your way (somewhere)idiom crawl crawly four on all foursidiom pull scramble shimmy slither slithery wriggle grovel | American Dictionarygrovel verb[ I ] us/ˈɡrɑv·əl, ˈɡrʌv·əl/ to lie facing the ground, esp. in fear, or to behave toward someone in a way that shows that you are small and unimportant and the other person is powerful: My dog grovels at my feet when she’s done something wrong. I’ll apologize, but I won’t grovel just because I made a mistake. Examples of grovelgrovel There is a big difference between grovelling on my knees in a 2 ft. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no appeal, and no amount of grovelling will get them back in the pecking order. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is not a man who would accept grovelling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must equally beware of truculence and of grovelling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The word "grovelling" was used. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Stop grovelling and get on with it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He described himself as a grovelling sycophant. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has gone grovelling to them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He climed the social ladder through his unscrupulousness and steps down and grovels up. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He grovelled to the insurgents as he had done to his parents. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. If he falls down, he is not permitted to rise or be raised, but grovels along upon the ground. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The author also mentions that the country has been humiliated and ashamed of herself grovelling in the dust. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Reduced to grovelling, he is removed by guards. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There will be no mercy for our sugar-coated, honey-dripping, wheedling, grovelling allies! From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He boasts and bluffs then grovels like the worm he is when things go wrong. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of grovel These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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