grovel

为了保住工作，他不得不低声下气地讨好老板。

To keep his job, he had to ___grovel before his boss.

在其项目报告被标记为存在违规之后，资助申请人不得不在评审委员会面前卑躬屈膝地解释。

The funding applicant had to ___grovel before the review committee after irregularities were flagged in his project report.

公开丑闻曝光后，这位政客在电视道歉中对选民卑躬屈膝，承诺进行此前一直反对的改革。

After the public scandal broke, the politician ___groveled in a televised apology to his constituents, promising reforms he had previously opposed.