beg
v. 懇求; 乞討; (狗)用後腿站立; 請求原諒
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...
我懇求他和我一起回英格蘭。
I begged to be allowed to leave...
我請求允許我離開。
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...
我被一群討飯的圍住了。
There are thousands like him in Los Angeles, begging on the streets and sleeping rough...
洛杉磯有數以千計像他這樣的人,沿街乞討,露宿街頭。
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.
城裡還有些住宅無人問津。
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?
霍普韋爾的成功讓人不禁要問:為什麼其他公司不效仿呢?
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.
研究繞過了一些問題。
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
這些動詞均有"要求,請求"之意。
plead, appeal, beg, petition, entreat, pray
這些動詞均含"請求,懇求"之意。
beg off
藉故推辭,謝絕:要求從某件事,如一項義務解脫出來
beg one's bread
(古)以乞討為生
beg the question
(事實或行動)引發(人們考慮)尚未觸及的問題;引出多數人都能想得到的問題
未經討論就認為某一有待證明的論點或主張正確;把尚無定論(或有待證明)的事當作事實來看待;想當然,主觀臆斷,武斷
beg to differ
beg yours
(澳/紐西蘭)對不起;請原諒
go begging
(物品因別人不需要)隨時可用
He went to his neighbour to beg for some milk to feed the motherless baby.
他找街坊鄰居討了一些牛奶來餵養那個沒孃的孩子.
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機會請求跟你談一談的. ”
I beg your pardon ( but would you repeat what you said )?
對不起,請你再講一遍好 嗎 ?
May I beg some time of you?
我能佔用你一點時間 嗎 ?
I beg your pardon, I never said that at all.
別亂講話, 我從來沒那麼說.