suppliant

pronunciation

UK ['sʌplɪənt]word uk audio image

US [ˈsʌpliənt] word us audio image

  • adj.
    恳求的,哀求的,谦卑的
  • n.
    恳求者,哀求者

Word Origin

suppliant 祈求者,哀求者

来自 supplicant 的法语形式。字母 c 脱落,比较 benefit,benefactor.

Example

1. He asked for help in a suppliant attitude .
他以恳求的态度要我帮忙。
2. He knelt as a suppliant at the altar .
他跪在祭坛前祈祷。
3. Act 2 : recit : my lord , a suppliant at your feet ; ballad : he loves !
第2幕:宣叙调:我的主,在你脚边恳求者;叙事曲:他爱恋
4. Nearly ten years later , he produced " the suppliant women , " his first known tragedy .
差不多十年之后,他推出了他第一部有影响力的悲剧《谦卑的女人》。
5. And now , and for the first time , he was a suppliant , tender and timid and doubting .
可现在他第一次变成了个温柔、羞怯、忐忑不安的追求者。

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