RRASK FOR something/ASK somebody TO DO somethingwhen someone asks for help from someone in power or from God 〔尤指向当权者或上帝的〕恳求,哀求,祈求
in supplication
Paolo knelt and bowed his head in supplication.
保罗跪下来低头祈求。
Examples from the Corpus
supplication• The last of the prayers, however, is still a supplication.• It would be quite inapplicable, however, to such a supplication as the final pericope of the present group.• Let thineears be attentive to the voice of my supplication.• To the voice of my supplication.• Our Lady of Lourdes looked at the doorwayopposite her in a gesture of supplication.• Something about this pioussupplicationtroubled her.• The originalseriesconcluded with the supplication for Jerusalem.• She looked back at Jack in wordlesssupplication.
in supplication• The man fell to his knees, his arms stretched out in supplication.