eg i「m not that kind of person who is always groveling to the boss. i just do my job and hope this is enough.
我不那种对老板卑躬屈膝的人,我只是作好我的工作就够了。
and pray, what is man, but a topsy-turvy creature, his animal faculties perpetually mounted on his rational, his head where his heels should be, groveling on the earth?
i」m not that kind of person who is always groveling to the boss, i just do my job and hope that is enough.
我不是那种对老板低声下气的人,我做好自己的工作就够了。
in the end, his groveling only served to add to his humiliation when nucky callously rejected him, and it led to the inevitable violent confrontation between the two siblings.
最终,他的卑躬屈膝只是让他在nucky无情拒绝他的那一刻更加羞愧,这无疑导致了两兄弟间的暴力沖突。
there's lots of easier ways to work on those instead of groveling through gruesome bloody crack climbs.
有许多更简单的方式攀巖,而不是挣扎在可怕的血淋淋的巖缝之类。
you must know how an ant feels, groveling like that.
你要知道蚂蚁如何感受当你那样爬行。
6- be inspired with the belief that life is a great and noble calling; not a mean and groveling thing that we are to shuffle through as we can, but an elevated and lofty destiny. william e.