- a person making a humble plea to someone in power or authority恳求者, 哀求者。
- making or expressing a plea, especially to someone in power or authority（尤指向当权者）恳求的, 哀求的：
their faces were suppliant.
他们一脸恳求的表情。
派生词
suppliantly
adverb词源
late Middle English (as a noun)： from French, 'beseeching', present participle of supplier, from Latin supplicare （see SUPPLICATE）.