grovel /ˈɡrɒvəl/ TEM8 ( grovelling, grovelled, grovels )

AM groveling, groveled

• 1. 

  V-I If you say that someone grovels, you think they are behaving too respectfully towards another person, for example because they are frightened or because they want something. 卑躬屈膝 [表不满]

  例：

  I don't grovel to anybody.

  我对谁都不会卑躬屈膝。

  例：

  Speakers have been shouted down, classes disrupted, teachers made to grovel.

  发言者完全被叫嚷声压住了，教室一片混乱，老师们不得不低声下气。

• 2. 

  V-I If you grovel, you crawl on the ground, for example in order to find something. 爬行 (找东西等)

  例：

  We grovelled around the room on our knees.

  我们在房间到处爬着寻找。