| 词汇 | supplication |
| 释义 | supplication noun[ C or U ] formaluk /ˌsʌp.lɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌsʌp.ləˈkeɪ.ʃən/ the act of asking a god or someone who is in a position of power for something in a humble way: 祈愿;请愿 Inside the temple, worshippers were kneeling in supplication.寺庙里，朝拜者们跪地祈愿。 See supplicant It ends with a simple supplication: "God bless America." Muslims have supplications they can make to Allah for every occasion, from the time they wake up until the time they go to sleep at night. Yucel counsels Mabud to say a prayer of supplication and repeat an Arabic word for God 100 times in preparation for the operation. Jamie overheard Blaine's emotional supplication to Larry. He cast his eyes heavenward in mute supplication to whatever gods there were for patience and understanding, then followed her around the corner. Making appeals & requests adjuration appellate apply for something apply to ask a lot besiege car wash cry demand entreat imploringly importunately importunity invite invocation leech pester push scrounge ticket Examples of supplicationsupplication The failed attempts at moral reasoning, supplication, and escape emphasize the absolute failure of the lawful, which even apprehension and punishment cannot restore. I realized that they were supplications to the saint. Interestingly, the wax seals were already affixed when the supplication was presented for signature. Its relationship with its subjects continued to be conducted in the language of supplication and concession, grants and demands, charters and petitions, grievances and repression. Even second and third time offenders could avoid corporal punishment if they were able to organize supplications from other burghers on their behalf. Each supplication bears an arabic numeral (which was in all likelihood added by a later archivist) and several indications of date (generally receipt and response), as well as handwritten annotations. They are included on the supplication of certain local authorities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Yet the only redress is this supplication and sympathy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is the danger of supplication, and of going round the world with a begging bowl, asking companies to invest here. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They make similar supplications and entreaties to the seller of the foreign piece goods and sometimes use threats even by resorting to social boycott, etc. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are forever beleaguered by demands, entreaties and supplications from all and sundry for infinite amounts of money to come from finite resources. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead of always casting themselves upon other countries and sending supplications and appeals, let them defend themselves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We may ask whether the coincidence of these supplications does not warrant a complete reconsideration of our trade policy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I may say that that is not a supplication, but a positive statement of fact. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has not seen the forms that have to be filled in and the supplications that have to be made. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of supplication These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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