supplicants

英 [ˈsʌplɪkənts]

美 [ˈsʌpləkənts]

n.  (尤指向神灵或有权势者)恳求者，哀求者，祈求者
supplicant的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (向上帝或重要人物请求的)祈求者，恳求者，哀求者
  Asupplicantis a person who prays to God or respectfully asks an important person to help them or to give them something that they want very much.
  1. He flung himself down in the flat submissive posture of a mere supplicant.
     他以一个卑微的哀求者绝对谦恭的姿态猛地趴在地上。

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