中文词源
suppliant 祈求者，哀求者
来自 supplicant 的法语形式。字母 c 脱落，比较 benefit,benefactor.
英语词源
- suppliant (n.)
- early 15c., from Middle French suppliant, noun use of present participle of supplier "to plead humbly, entreat, beg, pray," (Old French souploier, 12c.), from Latin supplicare "beg, beseech" (see supplication). Originally in English especially at law; sense of "humble petitioner" is from mid-16c. As an adjective, "supplicating, entreating" from 1580s. Related: Suppliance; suppliantly.
权威例句
- 1. He asked for help in a suppliant attitude.
- 他以恳求的态度要我帮忙。
- 2. He asked for help a suppliant attitude.
- 他以恳求的态度要我帮忙.
- 3. He knelt as a suppliant at the altar.
- 他跪在祭坛前祈祷.
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