groveling

/gruhv-uhl, grov-/US // ˈgrʌv əl, ˈgrɒv- //UK // (ˈɡrɒvəl) //

卑躬屈膝,卑躬屈膝的,卑躬屈膝地,卑躬屈膝的人

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb

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grov·eled, grov·el·ing or grov·elled, grov·el·ling.
- : to humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in great fear or utter servility.
- : to lie or crawl with the face downward and the body prostrate, especially in abject humility, fear, etc.
- : to take pleasure in mean or base things.

adj.servile

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Whatever happened to the groveling apology and the second chance . . . the kind of forgiving spirit that made America great?
A mortified Phillips, from Belfast, wrote a groveling apology in response.
Again, stating historical facts is somehow groveling in the eyes of Obama critics.
A consummate Wall Street creature, the pathetic, groveling Paulson knew what would happen without a bailout.
The sort of groveling one imagines taking place is repulsive to consider.
The four groveling on the deck heard scream and answering scream above them as the monsters discussed the question on the wing.
Of the videos that would no doubt come out, of me weeping, reduced to a groveling animal.
Rickie rebuked his own groveling soul, and turned his eyes away from the night, which had led him to such absurd conclusions.
That country was groveling under the heel of one of the most hideous systems that the baseness of man ever conceived.
He fell over a log and went rolling and groveling in the brush and dead leaves.