supplicate
/suhp-li-keyt/US // ˈsʌp lɪˌkeɪt //UK // (ˈsʌplɪˌkeɪt) //
哀求,哀告,苦苦哀求,恳求
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v.无主动词 verb
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sup·pli·cat·ed, sup·pli·cat·ing.
- : to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
v.有主动词 verb
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sup·pli·cat·ed, sup·pli·cat·ing.
- : to pray humbly to; entreat or petition humbly.
- : to seek or ask for by humble entreaty.
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Examples
It is better for him to supplicate God to change his heart, than to insult him by promising to do what he is unwilling to perform.
Andrea might writhe and supplicate and despair as he would—in vain.
When a mortal, she had no children by her husband, which caused her to supplicate the gods to give her offspring.
Did not those eyes he had blessed with vision, with tears supplicate compassion for their benefactor?
All those who supplicate in this very average court practise it to a more or less degree.
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