supplicant

/ˈsʌplɪkənt/
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A supplicant is a person who prays to God or respectfully asks an important person to help them or to give them something that they want very much. (向上帝或重要人物请求的)祈求者

noun [专属名词] 恳求者,乞求者

He flung himself down in the flat submissive posture of a mere supplicant. 他猛地趴在地上,做出一个卑微的哀求者那谦卑的姿态。

sup- supplicant 哀求的恳求的(sup+plic 重量+ant→双膝重叠跪下→哀求的)
-pli- supplicant n. 恳求者 adj. 哀求的(sub 下+plic+ant→折叠 膝盖)
来自supplicate (v. 恳求, 恳请)
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I stand here not as a, supplicant. Vote as your moral conscience dictates to you. 我站在这里并非要恳求什么,你们只管按照道德良知告诉你们的去投票。
Britain was an indebted supplicant. 英国只是一个负债累累的乞讨者。