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suppliant

adj.恳求的,哀求的,谦卑的 n.恳求者,哀求者

难易程度:

suppliant为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

副词:suppliantly 名词:suppliance

suppliant


/'sʌplɪənt; `sʌplɪənt/
n, adj (fml 文) (person) asking humbly for sth 恳求的(人)
*kneel as a suppliant at the altar, ie praying to God for sth 跪在祭坛前祈求(向上帝祈祷)
* in a suppliant attitude 以恳切的态度.

suppliant


n[C]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: French;Origin: , present participle of supplier 'to supplicate', from Latin supplicare; SUPPLICANT]
literary a supplicant
>suppliantadj