His spirit rose, as it were, with a bound, and attained a nearer prospect of the sky, than throughout all the misery which had kept him grovelling on the earth.

他的精神就此一下升腾起来,比起被悲惨心境压得匍匐在地时,更近地看到了天空的景色。

Their servile lives were spent in grovelling and cringing and toiling and running about like little dogs at the behest of their numerous masters

他们卑躬屈节的一生是在拍马奉承、拼命干活中度过的，他们象小狗般的奔走在无数主人膝下。

Grovelling around under the table looking for a pin

在桌子下爬来爬去寻找一根针.

Here, with this woman, whose arm, more than the little strength wherewith I have crept hitherward, sustains me, at this dreadful moment, from grovelling down upon my face!

这儿,是她这个女人,在这可怕的时刻,以她的无力的臂膀,却支撑着我爬上这里,搀扶着我不致扑面跌倒在地!

||1:All that’s left of the “Burning Sun” nightclub in Seoul are the faint outlines of the letters that used to spell its name, which have been hastily removed from above the former entrance.||2:The club was run by Lee Seung-hyun, better known as Seungri, a member of Bigbang, a K-pop group.||3:It was closed last month after police began investigating Seungri and his business associates for offences involving drugs, tax evasion and the provision of sexual services to potential investors (prostitution is illegal in South Korea).||4:Though Seungri denies the allegations, he nevertheless made a grovelling public apology.||5:Some called Mr Lee “Seungsby” (after the Great Gatsby, a high-living fictional antihero); the analogy has become even more apt since things all started to unravel spectacularly for Mr Lee.||6:His music label has terminated his contract.

||1:首尔“炙热的太阳”夜总会以前入口处的名字已被匆匆摘除，现在只剩下模糊的名字字母轮廓。||2:该夜总会由韩国流行乐队Bigbang的成员李胜贤经营。||3:上月，警察调查胜利及其商业伙伴因吸毒、逃税及向潜在投资者提供性服务之后，该夜总会就关闭了（卖淫在韩国是非法的）。||4:胜利虽然否认了这些指控，但还是低声下气地公开道歉了。||5:有些人称李先生为“胜茨比”（由《了不起的盖茨比》命名，盖茨比是一个生活奢靡的虚构的非传统英雄）；自从胜利开始大失所成，这种类比就更贴切了。||6:同时也和唱片公司解约了。

The power of the state prompts firms to spend more time grovelling to politicians than grappling with original thoughts.

比起处理独到的思想，国家权力迫使企业花费更多的时间去讨政府官员的欢心。

The difference is that when they do, you can usually have them grovelling , because they know that you can take your business elsewhere.

不同点在于，当他们这么做时，你通常可以让他们表现得低声下气，因为他们知道，你可以把业务转移到别处。

Unless we start fully funding our educational system and stop attacking teachers, we will all be grovelling to China.

除非我们开始全力支持本国的教育系统，不在攻击教师。否则我们将要向中国卑躬屈膝。

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。