
/splket/
恳求,祈求;谦卑地请求某人给予帮助或宽恕。通常带有卑微、虔诚的语气,常用于宗教或正式场合。
She supplicated the judge for mercy on behalf of her son.
她代替儿子恳求法官开恩。
The villagers gathered at the temple to supplicate the gods, hoping that rain would come before the harvest was lost.
村民们聚集在寺庙里向神灵祈求,希望在庄稼绝收之前能降下雨水。
源自拉丁语 supplicare,意为"跪下祈求",由 **sub-**(在……之下)和 plicare(折叠)组成,字面意思是"跪下折身",形象地描绘了一个人屈膝俯身恳求的姿态。该词经由古法语传入英语,保留了其谦卑恳求的核心含义。