suppliant
pronunciation
UK ['sʌplɪənt]
US [ˈsʌpliənt]
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- adj.
- 恳求的,哀求的,谦卑的
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- 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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