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单词 supplication
释义
supplication
noun[CorU]
formal
uk
/ˌsʌp.lɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌsʌp.ləˈkeɪ.ʃən/
theactofaskingagodor someone who is in apositionofpowerfor something in ahumbleway:
祈愿；请愿
Inside thetemple,worshipperswerekneelinginsupplication.寺庙里，朝拜者们跪地祈愿。
See
supplicant
More examples
  • Itendswith asimplesupplication: "GodblessAmerica."
  • Muslimshave supplications they can make toAllahfor everyoccasion, from thetimetheywakeup until thetimethey go tosleepatnight.
  • YucelcounselsMabud to say aprayerof supplication andrepeatanArabicword forGod100timesinpreparationfor theoperation.
  • JamieoverheardBlaine'semotionalsupplication to Larry.
  • Hecasthiseyesheavenwardinmutesupplication to whatevergodsthere were forpatienceandunderstanding, thenfollowedher around thecorner.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Making appeals & requests
  • appellate
  • ask forsomeone
  • behest
  • call for orderphrase
  • call onsomeone
  • callsomeonein
  • cap
  • claim
  • demand
  • implore
  • invite
  • pay claim
  • petitioner
  • pretty pleaseidiom
  • propitiation
  • push forsomething
  • put in forsomething
  • put the squeeze onsomeoneidiom
  • reapply
  • requisition
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(Definition ofsupplicationfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsupplication

supplication
The failed attempts at moral reasoning,supplication, and escape emphasize the absolute failure of the lawful, which even apprehension and punishment cannot restore.
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I realized that they were supplications to the saint.
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Interestingly, the wax seals were already affixed when thesupplicationwas presented for signature.
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Its relationship with its subjects continued to be conducted in the language ofsupplicationand concession, grants and demands, charters and petitions, grievances and repression.
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Even second and third time offenders could avoid corporal punishment if they were able to organize supplications from other burghers on their behalf.
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Eachsupplicationbears 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.
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They are included on thesupplicationof certain local authorities.
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Yet the only redress is thissupplicationand sympathy.
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That is the danger ofsupplication, and of going round the world with a begging bowl, asking companies to invest here.
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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.
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Hansard archive
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They are forever beleaguered by demands, entreaties and supplications from all and sundry for infinite amounts of money to come from finite resources.
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Instead of always casting themselves upon other countries and sending supplications and appeals, let them defend themselves.
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We may ask whether the coincidence of these supplications does not warrant a complete reconsideration of our trade policy.
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I may say that that is not asupplication, but a positive statement of fact.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
He has not seen the forms that have to be filled in and the supplications that have to be made.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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