beg
v. 恳求; 乞讨; (狗)用后腿站立; 请求原谅
If you beg someone to do something, you ask them very anxiously or eagerly to do it.
I begged him to come back to England with me...
我恳求他和我一起回英格兰。
I begged to be allowed to leave...
我请求允许我离开。
If someone who is poor is begging, they are asking people to give them food or money.
I was surrounded by people begging for food...
我被一群讨饭的围住了。
There are thousands like him in Los Angeles, begging on the streets and sleeping rough...
洛杉矶有数以千计像他这样的人,沿街乞讨,露宿街头。
You say 'I beg to differ' when you are politely emphasizing that you disagree with someone.
If you say that something is going begging, you mean that it is available but no one is using it or accepting it.
There is other housing going begging in town.
城里还有些住宅无人问津。
If you say that something begs a particular question, you mean that it makes people want to ask that question; some people consider that this use is incorrect.
Hopewell's success begs the question: why aren't more companies doing the same?
霍普韦尔的成功让人不禁要问:为什么其他公司不效仿呢?
If you say that something begs a particular question, you mean that it assumes that the question has already been answered and so does not deal with it.
The research begs a number of questions.
研究绕过了一些问题。
1. call upon in supplication; entreat;
2. make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently;
3. ask to obtain free;
ask, beg, demand, require, request, implore, claim, pray, entreat
这些动词均有"要求,请求"之意。
plead, appeal, beg, petition, entreat, pray
这些动词均含"请求,恳求"之意。
beg off
借故推辞,谢绝:要求从某件事,如一项义务解脱出来
beg one's bread
(古)以乞讨为生
beg the question
(事实或行动)引发(人们考虑)尚未触及的问题;引出多数人都能想得到的问题
未经讨论就认为某一有待证明的论点或主张正确;把尚无定论(或有待证明)的事当作事实来看待;想当然,主观臆断,武断
beg to differ
beg yours
(澳/新西兰)对不起;请原谅
go begging
(物品因别人不需要)随时可用
He went to his neighbour to beg for some milk to feed the motherless baby.
他找街坊邻居讨了一些牛奶来喂养那个没娘的孩子.
I took the opportunity of her being from home, to beg to speak to you.'
我正是要利用她不在家的机会请求跟你谈一谈的. ”
I beg your pardon ( but would you repeat what you said )?
对不起,请你再讲一遍好 吗 ?
May I beg some time of you?
我能占用你一点时间 吗 ?
I beg your pardon, I never said that at all.
别乱讲话, 我从来没那么说.