grovelling
adj. 奴颜婢膝的；卑下的；卑躬屈节的
v. 趴在地上；匍匐（grovel 的 ing 形式）
例句
EVEN when desperate, Wall Street bankers are not given to grovelling.
就算绝望，华尔街银行家也不会卑躬屈膝。
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。
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。
