suppliant

[美國]/ˈsʌpliənt/
[英國]/ˈsʌpliənt/
詞頻: 非常高

中文釋義

adj. 懇求的,哀求的,謙卑的
n. 懇求者,哀求者
詞形

原聲例句

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

兄弟,當我想到你時,我的雙手緊握着;看他們!

來源: Eugénie Grandet

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

巴里夫人膽怯地敲門,走到門口,發現門口臺階上有一個嘴脣發白、眼睛熱切的懇求者。

來源: 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.

稅務員睜大眼睛,好像在聽,但是似乎沒有聽懂。 她還在繼續講,樣子哀婉動人。 她走到比內身邊,胸脯撲撲地跳,他們不說話了。

來源: 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.

韋米克先生和我在小不列顛的辦公室分道揚鑣,那裏要求賈格斯先生通知的懇求者像往常一樣徘徊,我回到了教練辦公室街上的值班,手頭有大約三個小時。

來源: 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.

斯皮亞基娜夫人站起身來,揚起漂亮的睫毛,露出熟人般的甜美笑容,伸出手掌向上,手肘抵在腰間,頭微微偏右,一副懇求的姿態。

來源: The Virgin Land (Part 2)

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