单词 | re-ask |
释义 | re-askv. transitive. To ask again.Also with direct speech as object. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > ask, enquire [verb (transitive)] > again redemanda1572 re-ask1611 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words at Radimandare To redemaund, to re-aske. 1803 J. Whitaker in R. Polwhele Trad. & Recoll. (1826) II. 547 ‘Why then should we fear?’ she re-asked. 1856 C. J. Lever Martins of Cro' Martin 602 The few questions to which I will ask your answers, now,..may, very probably, be re-asked of you under more solemn circumstances. 1896 ‘M. Twain’ Personal Recoll. Joan of Arc II. iii. x. 176 After many well-worn questions had been re-asked, one or two new ones were put forward. 1911 School Rev. 19 4 Let me re-ask such questions as I think pertinent. 1942 Public Opinion Q. 6 637/2 If he has trouble understanding the question, don't explain it; just re-ask it, as it is worded. 1994 J. Barth Once upon Time 376 ‘What am I doing here?’ you must have re-asked yourself at least from time to time. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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