单词 | beg |
释义 | beg/bɛɡ /verb (begs, begging, begged) 1 [reporting verb] Ask someone earnestly or humbly for something: [with object]: he begged his fellow passengers for help [with object and infinitive]: she begged me to say nothing to her father [no object]: I must beg of you not to act impulsively...
Synonyms beseech, entreat, implore, adjure, plead with, appeal to, pray to; ask, request, call on, petition, apply to; importune, exhort, enjoin, press rare obsecrate 1.1 [with object] Ask for (something) earnestly or humbly: he begged their forgiveness...
Synonyms ask for, request, plead for, appeal for, call for, sue for, solicit, seek, look for, press for rare impetrate 1.2 [with object] Ask formally for (permission to do something): I will now beg leave to make some observations [no object, with infinitive]: I beg to second the motion 2 [no object] Ask for food or money as charity: a young woman was begging in the street they had to beg for food...
Synonyms ask for money, solicit money, seek charity, seek alms informal sponge, cadge, scrounge, bum, touch someone for money British informal scab Scottish informal sorn on someone North American informal mooch Australian/New Zealand informal bludge 2.1 [with object] Acquire (food or money) from someone by begging: a piece of bread which I begged from a farmer...
2.2(Of a dog) sit up with the front paws raised expectantly in the hope of a reward.My tongue stops midway to going back into my mouth, with the ice cream still on the tip, I must look like a dog begging for a bone or something....
UsageThe original meaning of the phrase beg the question belongs to the field of logic and is a translation of Latin petitio principii, literally meaning ‘laying claim to a principle’, i.e. assuming something that ought to be proved first, as in the following sentence: by devoting such a large part of the budget for the fight against drug addiction to education, we are begging the question of its significance in the battle against drugs. To some traditionalists this is still the only correct meaning. However, over the last 100 years or so another, more general use has arisen: ‘invite an obvious question’, as in some definitions of mental illness beg the question of what constitutes normal behaviour. This is by far the commonest use today and is the usual one in modern standard English. Phrasesbeg one's bread beg the question beg to differ beg yours go begging Phrasal verbsbeg off OriginMiddle English: probably from Old English bedecian, of Germanic origin; related to bid2. Rhymes |
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