中文词源
supplicant 祈求者，哀求者
来自拉丁语 supplicare,乞求，乞讨，来自 sub,向下，-plic,弯，转，词源同 complicate,triplicate. -ant,人。
英语词源
- supplicant (adj.)
- 1590s, from Latin supplicantem (nominative supplicans), present participle of supplicare "plead humbly" (see supplication). As a noun from 1590s, "a humble petitioner."
权威例句
- 1. Her rendering of it fell somewhere between that of teacher and supplicant.
- 她表达这首诗的方式是介乎教学和祈求之间.
- 2. He flung himself down in the flat submissive posture of a mere supplicant.
- 他以一个卑微的哀求者绝对谦恭的姿态猛地趴在地上。
- 3. They want AI 5 as a supplicant client, rather than as a well - disposed but independent ally.
- 他们想让军情5局成为一个乞求他们的附属机构, 而不是一个能听得进意见的独立盟友.
- 4. Berkshire'a supplier of liquidity and capital to the system , a supplicant,'he wrote.
- 我们是金融体系所需流动性和资金的供应者, 而不是资金乞求者.