grovel

grovel

英
　　美 ['ɡrɑvl]

vi. 匍匐；卑躬屈膝；趴

中文詞源：

grovel 卑躬曲膝

詞源同creep, 爬。

例句：

1. Speakers have been shouted down, classes disrupted, teachers made to grovel.
發言人的聲音被叫嚷聲蓋住瞭，課堂一片混亂，老師們不得不好言相勸。

2. I don't grovel to anybody.
我對誰都不會卑躬屈膝。

3. Don't grovel — stick up for yourself!
你別卑躬屈膝──要自衛!

4. He said he would never grovel before a conqueror.
他說他永遠不會在征服者腳下搖尾乞憐.

5. She will not grovel to anyone.
她不會向任何人屈服.