supplicatory

基本解釋

A letter to Iran's Supreme Leader is a productive gesture only if it gets a response;if it doesn't, it seems weak and supplicatory.
寫給伊朗最高領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人的信只有在得到回復(fù)的情況下才算是卓有成效的表態(tài)，否則將是膽小懦弱、搖尾乞憐的表現(xiàn)。
He lifted up his hands and uttered a supplicatory croak;
他抬起雙手，發(fā)出哀求的哇哇聲；
'Pray,' said Mr. Lorry, in a soothing tone, bringing hi' left hand from the back of the chair to lay it on the supplicatory fingers that clasped him in so violent a tremble; 'pray control your agitation--a matter of business.
“請你，”羅瑞先生安慰她說，把放在椅背上的左手放到緊抓住他的求援的手指上，那手指劇烈地顫抖著，“控制自己，不要激動--這只是業(yè)務(wù)工作。