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