suppliant

英

美

网络  哀求者; 恳求; 哀求的

复数：suppliants　

GRE

BNC.39761

英英释义

noun

• one praying humbly for something
  1. a suppliant for her favors
  Synonym:petitionersupplicantrequester

adj

• humbly entreating
  1. a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness
  Synonym:supplicantsupplicatory

双语例句

• He knelt as a suppliant at the altar.
  他跪在祭坛前祈祷。
• Thou Son of David, turn thine eye and look upon the distress which is now before thee, and make thy suppliant whole.
  求祢看顾忧伤的人，他现在就在祢的面前，求祢使祢的仆人完全。
• 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。