grovel in

• • 趴在…里，匍匐在…里：

    Why are you groveling in the dirt? Have you lost something?

    你趴在地上干吗?你丢东西了?

  • 参与，与…有牵连；陷于(令人不愉快的事)：

    Here is the pretty official groveling in sentimentality.

    这位体面的官员沉溺于多愁善感之中。