Supplicate
['sʌplɪkeɪt]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) ask humbly (for something); 'He supplicated the King for clemency'.
(verb.) ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer; 'supplicate God's blessing'.
(verb.) make a humble, earnest petition; 'supplicate for permission'.
弗里达編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To entreat for; to seek by earnest prayer; to ask for earnestly and humbly; as, to supplicate blessings on Christian efforts to spread the gospel.
(v. t.) To address in prayer; to entreat as a supplicant; as, to supplicate the Deity.
(v. i.) To make petition with earnestness and submission; to implore.
安东尼編輯
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. Beg, implore, pray, invoke, entreat, beseech, importune, solicit, conjure, ADJURE, obtest, call upon, pray to, appeal to, prefer a request to.
v. n. Entreat, beg, pray, petition, sue, implore, put up a prayer, prefer a request or petition.
安迪編輯
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Pray, beg, entreat, beseech, implore, solicit, crave, importune
ANT:Order, command, insist, dictate, demand
錄入:朱迪思
解釋/意思:
v.t. to entreat earnestly: to address in prayer.—n. Supp′licat in the English universities a petition.—adv. Supp′licātingly.—n. Supplicā′tion act of supplicating: in ancient Rome a solemn service or day decreed for giving formal thanks to the gods for victory &c.: earnest prayer or entreaty especially in liturgies a litany petition for some special blessing.—adj. Supp′licātory containing supplication or entreaty: humble.—n. Supplicā′vit formerly a writ issued by the King's Bench or Chancery for taking the surety of the peace against a person.
简錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- I then put myself in the most supplicating posture, and spoke in the humblest accent, but received no answer. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- She stopped again, and gave him an earnest supplicating look. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- What do you think we have been sitting down for but to be talked to about it, and entreated and supplicated never to do so again? 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- I would have no mercy, Mr. Rochester, if you supplicated for it with an eye like that. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Think you that Phaidor, daughter of Matai Shang, supplicates? 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
整理:莱缪尔