[只用于名词前]a grovelling letter of apology

一封低声下气的道歉信

牛津词典

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。

We grovelled around the club on our knees.

我们趴在俱乐部的地上四处找┃。

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.

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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┃。

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She will not grovel to anyone.

她不会向任何人屈服.

辞典例句

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.

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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.

辞典例句

Don't grovel — stick up for yourself!

你别卑躬屈膝──要自卫!

《简明英汉词典》

After struggling for months, it dawned on me that I needed to grovel.

在苦苦挣扎了几个月后, 我终于顿悟到自己应该在她面前卑躬屈膝才是.

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Since they speak straightforwardly and selflessly and never appear to grovel or fawn.

因为他们说话正直无私,容色也不阿谀谄媚.

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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.

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Then he began to grovel and wail, " I deserve to die! "

这时他趴倒在地嚎叫道 “ 我该死 ”.

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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.

辞典例句

A man apologizes when he's wrong, but he will grovel before no one.

一个人犯了错该向人道歉, 但不应该卑躬屈节.

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I don't grovel to anybody.

我对谁都不会卑躬屈膝。

柯林斯例句

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。

柯林斯例句