| 单词 | importune |
| 释义 | importune (once / 1083 pages) v Sure, to importune is to beg, but use it only when you're talking about going beyond mere begging into more urgent territory. The woman importuned the judge to release her innocent brother from jail. The original Latin term actually meant something closer to "to bother." Bear that in mind when you're deciding whether to use importune, because that's the kind of begging you'd want to be talking about when you do. Imagine needing something so badly that you cannot stop asking for it: then you might importune someone to get it. After a year of being importuned, dad let me have the car. WORD FAMILYimportune: importunate, importuned, importunes, importuning, importunity+/importunate: importunately/importunity: importunities USAGE EXAMPLESBut scandal came to the 2nd Baron Moynihan, Patrick, who at the time of his death in 1965 was facing charges of homosexual importuning. BBC(Sep 20, 2016) “Rob, this is Helen at Base Camp,” Wilton importuned, sounding as if she was on the brink of tears. Jon Krakauer, Into Thin Air(1996) Yossarian whirled and seized the chaplain by the shirt front in an importuning grip. Joseph Heller, Catch-22(1961) v beg persistently and urgently I importune you to help them Syn|Hypo|Hyper insist besiege harass, as with questions or requests beg, implore, pray call upon in supplication; entreat |
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