I surely didn't expect him to fall to his knees and beg for forgiveness at the sight of his long-slighted son. Nor did I expect him to act any differently than he did.

我肯定不指望他会在见到他长期忽视的儿子时会跪地请求宽恕，我以为他的作为和以前不会有什么两样。

youdao

I was too proud to follow him and beg forgiveness.

我自尊心很强，不听从他摆布，也不祈求宽恕。

youdao

Bring the charges to the House of Representatives, shame the guy, laugh him to scorn, let the newsboys chew on him, let him crawl and cringe and beg forgiveness and then hand the keys to the prosecutor's office over to the other side.

CNN: The Republicans were right, but

Before the group was set to do an interview with Diane Sawyer in late April 2003 -- with hopes of stopping the public relations bleeding -- they questioned why they needed to grovel and beg for Bush's forgiveness.

CNN: 10 years later, Dixie Chicks right all along