begging
v. 乞討( beg的現在分詞 ); 乞求; 請求; (狗蹲坐在後腿上將前爪抬起)等食物
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. a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
"You really won't tell?" she asked, begging for reassurance.
“你真的不說嗎?”她問道,乞求得到安慰。
He said earlier that he is not holding out a begging bowl.
他早先說他不會伸手去乞求援助。
I wrote hundreds of begging letters to charities and businesses.
我給慈善團體和商業機構寫了幾百封求助信。
There is other housing going begging in town.
城裡還有些住宅無人問津。
She was living alone, begging food from neighbors.
她孑然一身,向鄰居們討飯吃。