英 [ˈsʌpliənt] 美 [ˈsʌpliənt]
n. 恳求者，哀求者
adj. 恳求的，哀求的
复数suppliants
比较级more suppliant
最高级most suppliant
suppliant /ˈsʌplɪənt/
形容词 expressing entreaty or supplication 恳求的
→same assupplicant
one praying humbly for something
a suppliant for her favors
同义词： petitioner / supplicant / requester
... enfranchise 给予选举权 optimal 最理想的 suppliant 恳求的 ...
... supple 柔软,易曲的,柔顺,顺从的 suppliant 哀恳的 supplicate 恳求 ...
... supplement 增补，补充 suppliant 恳求的，哀求的；恳求者 supplicant 乞求者，恳求者 ...
... implore 哀求，苦求，恳求 suppliant 乞求 supplicate 乞求 ...
supplicatory 恳求的；祈求的
supplicant 恳求者，乞求者
supplication 恳求；祈祷
supplicate 哀求；恳请；祈求
supplicate 恳求，哀求；恳请
He knelt as a suppliant at the altar.
他跪在祭坛前祈祷。
He asked for help in a suppliant attitude.
他以恳求的态度要我帮忙。
Oh, Maiden, see a maiden's sorrow. Oh, Mother, hear a suppliant child!
噢，少女，看那少女的忧伤。噢，母亲，听那孩子恳求的声音！
Satan finds it ignominious and shameful to lower himself to God, to bow and sue for grace with suppliant knee and deify His power, but this kind of submission is shameful not because it's simply always shameful so to debase oneself.
撒旦认为对上帝放低身段，屈膝承欢，并认可他的力量实在是可耻的，但是这种屈从之所以是耻辱,并非是因为通常身段被贬低时会感到耻辱。
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