英语释义

• totally submissive

片语

snifty傲慢的；卑下的

carlish卑下的；粗鲁的

英汉例句

• You「re scared I」ll hear you grovelling and begging! 「Please, Great Lord Oboi, spare me sir! Spare my poor little neck! 」You「d die of shame if I heard you talking like that! 」

  你给人家打得爬在地下，大叫：「鳌拜老爷饶命，求求鳌拜大人饶了小人茅十八的狗命’，给我听到，羞也羞死了！」

• Low and grovelling thoughts of God must be given up; doubting and despairing must be removed; and self-seeking and carnal delights must be forsaken.

  我们必须离弃卑贱低下的恩想，必须挪去怀疑悲观的意念，也必须抛除自我追求和属世的享乐。

• The most grovelling apologies from American officials in recent days are said (by those who have received them) to concern not gibes at personalities, but dirty tricks conducted in friendly countries.

  近日来，让美国最抬不起头的道歉据说（根据那些接受道歉的人所说）不是关于那些对名人的嘲讽，而是他们对友国们使出的卑鄙伎俩。

• The purpose of evolution is to raise us out of the mud, not have us grovelling in it.

  演化的目的是将我们拉出泥淖，不是要我们摇尾乞怜。

• Can a policeman possibly enjoy grovelling in the dirty side of human behaviour?

  一个警察成天和人类行为的丑恶面打交道，能感到津津有味吗？

• White House pressure on ABC is thought to be behind a grovelling apology later issued by the broadcaster.

  人们认为，这位播音员后来低声下气地道歉是由白宫向美国广播公司施压而一力促成的。

• When, before Ames, Chris Wallace of Fox News asked her outright whether she was a 「flake」, she refused to be baited, maintained an icy insouciance and, later, received a grovelling apology.

  在艾姆斯之前，福克斯新闻的克里斯?华伦斯很直率地问她，她是不是一个「怪人」，她没有中招，而是维持一贯的冷静沉着，一会儿，华伦斯便只得低声下气地赔礼道歉。

• I'm not that kind of person who is always grovelling to the boss. I just do my job.

  我不是那种竭力讨好上司的人，我只是做自己的工作。

• Some of us even started pukingand grovelling sounds as we saw the ghostly feature approaching us.

  看到那个鬼魅一般的身影往我们走来时，船上有些人甚至开始呕吐起来，还有些人匍匐在地。

• A grovelling apology may not have rescued his campaign from this disastrous start.

  低声下气的道歉对于如此糟糕的选战开局已经于事无补。

• Is your husband such a precious bargain that you should be grovelling there, lamenting and groaning for him?

  难道你丈夫是这么一个宝贝，以致你要匍匐在那儿，为他痛哭哀号？

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