grovel 低声下气

时间：2020-12-21 03:51:53

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“低声下气”，汉语成语，字面意思是“lower one's voice and stifle1 one's anger”，形容说话时态度卑微恭顺的样子。可以用“grovel”表示，意思是 “to behave with too much respect toward someone to show that you are very eager to please them”。
 
例句：
 
我强迫自己走进他的办公室，对他低声下气。
I propelled myself straight into his office and grovelled2.
 
低声下气地向我的前任要钱简直是令人尴尬和恼火。
Groveling for dollars from my ex was nothing short of embarrassing and infuriating.

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1 stifle cF4y5     
vt.使窒息；闷死；扼杀；抑止，阻止
参考例句：
  • She tried hard to stifle her laughter.她强忍住笑。
  • It was an uninteresting conversation and I had to stifle a yawn.那是一次枯燥无味的交谈，我不得不强忍住自己的呵欠。
2 grovelled f2d04f1ac4a6f7bd25f90830308cae61     
v.卑躬屈节，奴颜婢膝( grovel的过去式和过去分词 )；趴
参考例句：
  • We grovelled around the club on our knees. 我们趴在俱乐部的地上四处找。 来自辞典例句
  • The dog grovelled before his master when he saw the whip. 那狗看到鞭子，便匍匐在主人面前。 来自辞典例句

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