Word
groveling
奴颜婢膝；谄媚讨好
核心释义
behave in a servile or obsequious manner, as if seeking favor
匍匐；趴伏
用法In use
The waiter kept groveling to the angry customer, hoping to avoid a complaint.
用法提示：groveling 是现在分词，跟在 kept 后表示持续地卑躬屈膝。
Groveling in front of the committee only made the situation worse.
用法提示：groveling 在此作动名词，作句子的主语，指‘卑躬屈膝’这种行为。
She is groveling for forgiveness after forgetting her friend's birthday.
用法提示：groveling 是现在分词，与 is 构成现在进行时，表示‘正在低声下气地求饶’。
grovel to sb
to 后接讨好的对象，表示向某人低三下四。
He is always groveling to his boss.
他总是对老板卑躬屈膝。
grovel for sth
for 后接所乞求的事物，强调为得到某物而谄媚。
She was groveling for another chance.
她低声下气地乞求再给一次机会。
grovel before sb
before 强调在某人面前表现卑微或行匍匐礼。
The courtiers were groveling before the emperor.
朝臣们在皇帝面前匍匐跪拜。
grovel on the ground
用于字面义，指身体趴伏在地面上。
He was groveling on the floor in fear.
他吓得趴伏在地上。
Verb forms
base grovel · third person grovels · -ing groveling · past groveled · past participle groveled
规则动词；美式拼写为 groveling/groveled，英式拼写为 grovelling/grovelled。
常见错误Common mistakes
易错句子He groveled his boss for a raise.正确表达He groveled to his boss for a raise.
grovel 是不及物动词，后面不能直接跟宾语；表示“向某人卑躬屈膝”要用 grovel to sb（或 grovel before sb），所以要补上介词 to。
易错句子He groveling before the manager yesterday.正确表达He groveled before the manager yesterday.
句子缺少谓语：-ing 形式不能单独作谓语，须与 be 动词连用构成进行时；这里说的是昨天发生的事，应用一般过去时 groveled。
易错句子The company made the staff groveling for their jobs.正确表达The company made the staff grovel for their jobs.
使役动词 make 后接不带 to 的不定式作宾语补足语，即 make sb do sth，不能用 -ing 形式，故改为 grovel。
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