suppliant

[美]/ˈsʌpliənt/
[英]/ˈsʌpliənt/
词频: 极高

释义

adj. 恳求的,哀求的,谦卑的
n. 恳求者,哀求者
词形变化

原声例句

Brother, my suppliant hands are clasped as I think of you; behold them!

兄弟,当我想到你时,我的双手紧握着;看他们!

来源: Eugénie Grandet

Mrs. Barry, coming to the door in answer to a timid knock, found a white-lipped eager-eyed suppliant on the doorstep.

巴里夫人胆怯地敲门,走到门口,发现门口台阶上有一个嘴唇发白、眼睛热切的恳求者。

来源: Anne of Green Gables (Original Version)

The tax-collector seemed to be listening with wide-open eyes, as if he did not understand. She went on in a tender, suppliant manner. She came nearer to him, her breast heaving; they no longer spoke.

税务员睁大眼睛,好像在听,但是似乎没有听懂。 她还在继续讲,样子哀婉动人。 她走到比内身边,胸脯扑扑地跳,他们不说话了。

来源: Madame Bovary (Part Two)

Mr. Wemmick and I parted at the office in Little Britain, where suppliants for Mr. Jaggers's notice were lingering about as usual, and I returned to my watch in the street of the coach-office, with some three hours on hand.

韦米克先生和我在小不列颠的办公室分道扬镳,那里要求贾格斯先生通知的恳求者像往常一样徘徊,我回到了教练办公室街上的值班,手头有大约三个小时。

来源: Great Expectations (Original Version)

Madame Sipiagina stood up, raised her wonderful eyelashes, smiled sweetly as to an acquaintance, extended her hand with the palm upwards, her elbow pressed against her waist, her head bent a little to the right, in the attitude of a suppliant.

斯皮亚基娜夫人站起身来,扬起漂亮的睫毛,露出熟人般的甜美笑容,伸出手掌向上,手肘抵在腰间,头微微偏右,一副恳求的姿态。

来源: The Virgin Land (Part 2)

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