| 单词 | beg |
| 释义 | beg (once / 76 pages) 1v 2v To beg is to ask for something in an earnest, pleading way. You might beg your roommates to be quiet if you're desperately trying to get some sleep. You can beg your parents to let you go to a concert with your friends, and you can beg your sister for forgiveness after you inadvertently hurt her feelings. In either case, you are imploring, asking sincerely for something you want. Many dogs are skilled at this, and will beg by sitting beside you while you eat, looking adorable. Another way to beg is to ask for desperately needed charity — to solicit money or food from strangers. WORD FAMILYbeg: beggary, begged, begging, begs+/beggary: beggaries/begging: beggings USAGE EXAMPLESIn July Griffiths contacted comedienne and mental health advocate Mike King, begging him to travel north and facilitate a straight-up conversation about suicide in Kaitaia. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) While the majority of our Pacific Northwest society might think winter salmon anglers are significantly disturbed, I beg to differ. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) “I never imagined that my career would be begging in the streets of Paris, to beg to live, to survive,” Roughol writes. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1v make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently Syn|Hypo|Hyper solicit, tap quest seek alms, as for religious purposes canvas, canvasssolicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign buttonhole, lobbydetain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors circularizecanvass by using a questionnaire bespeak, call for, quest, request express the need or desire for; ask for 2v ask to obtain free beg money and food Hypo|Hyper cadge, schnorr, scrounge, shnorr obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling panhandlebeg by accosting people in the street and asking for money bespeak, call for, quest, request express the need or desire for; ask for 3v call upon in supplication; entreat 2I beg you to stop! Syn|Hypo|Hyper implore, pray crave plead or ask for earnestly supplicateask humbly (for something) importune, insistbeg persistently and urgently besiegeharass, as with questions or requests plead appeal or request earnestly v dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted beg the question beg the point in the discussion Hyper circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) |
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