grovel

🇺🇸 /ˈɡrɑːvl/ 🇬🇧 /ˈɡrɒvl/
詞頻
難度
標籤 RARE
intransitive verb
R

To act very submissively or humbly towards someone, often to gain favor or forgiveness.

After losing his job, he had to grovel for a chance to be rehired.

失業後,他不得不低聲下氣地求情以獲得重新雇用的機會。

R

To crawl or move along the ground on hands and knees, typically in search of something.

The child was groveling on the floor, trying to find his lost toy.

孩子在地板上爬行,試圖找到他丟失的玩具。

translation

vi. 卑躬屈膝, 匍匐前進

詞形變化

3rd Present grovels
Past groveled
Perfect groveled
Progressive groveling