单词 | beseeching |
释义 | beseeching (once / 2049 pages) adj WORD FAMILY beseeching: beseechingly+/beseech: beseeched, beseeches, beseeching, besought USAGE EXAMPLESAs Hussein walked the streets with his troops, a man approached, beseeching the soldiers for help to protect his family on the IS-controlled side. Seattle Times(Nov 27, 2016) Indigenous rituals beseeching the gods for rain have taken on a particular urgency this year and last, when the drought began. The Guardian(Nov 25, 2016) Tariq was still speaking, his voice hushed, then high, beseeching, then reasoning; his face hopeful, then stricken. Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns(2007) adj begging Syn|Ant imploring, pleading adjuratory earnestly or solemnly entreating importunateexpressing earnest entreaty mendicantpracticing beggary petitionaryof the nature of or expressing a petition precative, precatoryexpressing entreaty or supplication suppliant, supplicant, supplicatoryhumbly entreating imperative requiring attention or action assertive, self-asserting, self-assertiveaggressively self-assured adjuratorycontaining a solemn charge or command clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instantdemanding attention peremptorynot allowing contradiction or refusal desperateshowing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire pressing, urgentcompelling immediate action shrill, stridentbeing sharply insistent on being heard |
随便看 |
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。