| 单词 | suppliant |
| 释义 | suppliant (once / 757 pages) adjn Suppliant means someone who is asking humbly. You enter church as a suppliant, asking God to spare you from illness. You ask in a suppliant (humble) manner, because you know God is stern and demands total faith. Suppliant is not a word you hear often these days–-it was tailor-made to be used in the days when common people spent much of their lives on their knees in big stone buildings begging for things from monarchs or from God––think hair shirts, prayer, suppliants begging the lord of the manor not to kill them for missing a payment on the rent. WORD FAMILYsuppliant: suppliantly, suppliants, supplicate+/supplicate: supplicated, supplicates, supplicating, supplication, supplicatory/supplication: supplications USAGE EXAMPLES"That media show they want - of us suppliantly giving over our weapons - that show will not happen," he says. BBC(Jun 23, 2016) What's more, "The Suppliant Maidens" needs a director with a complete theatrical vision. Los Angeles Times(Sep 10, 2015) Slowly he put his suppliant hat on his head. John Steinbeck, The Pearl(1947) 1adj humbly entreating a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness Syn supplicant, supplicatory beseeching, imploring, pleading begging 2n one praying humbly for something a suppliant for her favors Syn|Hypo|Hyper petitioner, requester, supplicant besieger an energetic petitioner postulantone submitting a request or application especially one seeking admission into a religious order canvasser, solicitora petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes fundraisersomeone who solicits financial contributions applicant, applier a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission |
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