| 单词 | beg excuse |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbeg excuse a. In beg pardon, beg excuse, beg leave, etc.: beside the strict sense as in 2, the whole expression is often merely a courteous or apologetic mode of asking what is expected, or even of taking as a matter of course. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (intransitive)] > ask permission beg leave1604 beg1767 society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > forgiveness > grant forgiveness [verb (intransitive)] > ask forgiveness to cry (a person) mercyc1225 beg pardon1604 beg excuse1734 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. vii. 43 To morrow shall I begge leaue to see your kingly eyes. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. v. 6 Falls not the axe vpon the humbled neck, But first begs pardon. View more context for this quotation 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 74. ¶2 I must however beg Leave to dissent from so great an Authority. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 74. ⁋15 I shall only beg Pardon for such a Profusion of Latin Quotations. 1734 I. Watts Reliquiæ Juveniles lxxvi. 343 In the Business of Transubstantiation, he begs your Excuse. 1754 Earl of Chatham Lett. to Nephew (1804) iv. 22 There is likewise a particular attention required to contradict with good manners; such as, begging pardon, begging leave to doubt, and such like phrases. 1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 21 You begged my pardon. 1887 N.E.D. at Beg Mod. I beg your pardon; I did not quite catch what you said. I have received your letter, and beg leave to say in reply… < as lemmas |
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