单词 | begging |
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音标 | 英['beɡɪŋ] 美['beɡɪŋ] |
解释 | v.乞讨( beg的现在分词 );乞求;请求;(狗蹲坐在后腿上将前爪抬起)等食物; |
例句 | VERB 请求;恳求;恳请 If you beg someone to do something, you ask them very anxiously or eagerly to do it. 例:I begged him to come back to England with me...我恳求他和我一起回英格兰。 例:I begged to be allowed to leave...我请求允许我离开。 VERB 乞讨;乞求施舍 If someone who is poor is begging, they are asking people to give them food or money. 例:I was surrounded by people begging for food...我被一群讨饭的围住了。 例: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。 PHRASE 恕难苟同;斗胆唱反调 You say 'I beg to differ' when you are politely emphasizing that you disagree with someone. PHRASE 没人要;没人用 If you say that something is going begging, you mean that it is available but no one is using it or accepting it. 例:There is other housing going begging in town.城里还有些住宅无人问津。 PHRASE 引起疑问,使人想问(一些人认为此用法不正确) 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. 例: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? PHRASE (认为问题已获解决而)绕过问题 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. 例:The research begs a number of questions.研究绕过了一些问题。 |
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