Front | entreat |
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Pron | [ɪn'triːt] |
Back | 【entreat】 v.恳求 The murderer entreated the judge to show mercy, but was sentenced to death. 那杀人犯恳求法官怜悯,但还是被判了死刑。 |
Vocab | entreatask for or request earnestly
To entreat is to ask for something that is really important, like when you say “I entreat you to never, ever tell my father what happened tonight.” The verb entreat implies that the person doing the entreating is really serious about what has to happen. Maybe it's even a matter of life and death, like when parents entreat their children to never drive drunk. Synonyms for entreat are plead, beg, beseech, and implore — all of these are words not to be used lightly. They carry more weight than ask and request. All forms of 'entreat' will appear on average once every 433 pages. mistreated mistreatment entreat ill-treat mistreat treat treated treater treatment ill-treated retreated untreated ill-treatment |
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