suppliant - EE Dictionary | EE Dictionary

Home/suppliant

suppliant

/suhp-lee-uhnt/US // ˈsʌp li ənt //UK // (ˈsʌplɪənt) //

支持者,顺从者,顺从的人,顺从

Related Words

seeker求助者,寻求者,寻找者,寻访者 suitor求婚者,追求者,求爱者,求婚人 petitioner请愿者,请愿人,上访者,请愿书 beggar乞丐,乞讨者,乞儿,丐帮 solicitor律师,事务律师,律师事务所,律師 beseecher求助者,征求意见者,求助人,恳求者

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a person who supplicates; petitioner.

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : supplicating.
- : expressive of supplication, as words, actions, etc.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounasker

Synonyms

beggar乞丐,乞讨者,乞儿,丐帮 petitioner请愿者,请愿人,上访者,请愿书 seeker求助者,寻求者,寻找者,寻访者 solicitor律师,事务律师,律师事务所,律師 suitor求婚者,追求者,求爱者,求婚人 beseecher求助者,征求意见者,求助人,恳求者

Examples

Instead she assumed a suppliant air, her beautiful eyes meltingly set upon his face.
Mr. Capt was in the habit of writing to the lady in the humble tone of a suppliant.
She gave him a suppliant glance, which he understood, for he did not insist, and she remained silent in her chair.
Since he played the part of suppliant, he argued with his opponent without heat, though passion might not be denied.
Thus he sat, dejection and despair stamped on his homely face; haughty, yet a suppliant; a king, yet only by sufferance.

Level 5Browse all words →