supplicate 是什么意思
vt. 恳求,哀求;恳请
supplicate 中文词源
supplicate 祈求,哀求
来自拉丁语 supplicare,乞求,乞讨,来自 sub,向下,-plic,弯,转,词源同 complicate,triplicate. -ate,动词后缀。
英语词源
supplicatesupplicate: [15] Someone who supplicates is etymologically ‘bending or folding up underneath’ – hence ‘kneeling down to pray’. The word comes from the past participle of Latin supplicāre, a compound verb forme