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grovelingly

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

卑躬屈膝地,卑躬屈节地,卑躬屈膝,卑躬屈膝的

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v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    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.

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Examples

  • I found the island’s one pier, paddled out, and proceeded to grovel for two-foot waves.

  • A 17th-century astronomer and naturalist, Giovanni Battista Hodierna, thought snakes used their tongues for “picking the dirt out of their noses … since they are always grovelling on the ground.”

  • I love watching Washington partisans grovel, backpedal, and spin.

  • Would-be partners had to grovel for deals and were only accepted on onerous terms, they said.

  • We need not grovel in the sinks and cellars, neither need we ruminate upon the house-tops.

  • Behind the back of Monsieur P—— they grouch; before his face they grovel.

  • Nay, I would ask her forgiveness and grovel before her, if she would only let me enjoy her love again.

  • Then the two ladies who looked beheld Houdaine fall down at the feet of Sir Tristram and grovel there with joy.

  • Mahmud tried to grovel at the captains feet, wailing to Allah and the Prophet.