| 释义 |
ask /ɑːsk； æsk/ vt. | vi. | n. | phr.
I ❶ vt.
1. 问，询问，打听
Ask him! 问他!
I asked John a question. (或 I asked a question of John.) 我向约翰问了个问题。
I asked (the policeman) the way to the museum. 我(向警察)打听去博物馆的路。
I asked him how old he was. 我问他多大岁数了。
I asked where to go. 我问去哪里。
I filled out a form that asked my business in Japan. 我填了一张询及我来日本缘由的表格。
2. 请求(给予)，恳求(给予)；征求
We asked her to sing. 我们请她唱歌。
May I ask you a favour (或 May I ask a favour of you)? 能不能请你帮我一个忙?
She asked his advice. (或： She asked him for advice.) 她征求他的意见。
He asked (permission) to leave the classroom. 他请求准予离开教室。
Billy asked that the first patient (should) be sent in. 比利传令第一个病人进来。
3. 要求(得到)；索(价)
The cultural advance has asked too much of many men. 文化的发展向许多人提出太多的要求。
A little silence is all I ask. 我要求的仅是一点安静。
He asked ￡5 for the book. 那本书他讨价5英镑。
4. 邀请，约请
ask guests to dinner 请客吃饭
Ask him over. 请他过来。
If he asks you to his house you must ask him back. 如果他请你去他家，你必须回请他。
Shall we ask Uncle James down for the weekend? 我们请詹姆斯叔叔来乡下度周末好吗?
Now and again he was asked out to dinner. 他不时应邀外出赴宴。
5. 需要
This experiment asks patience. 这一实验需要耐心。
6. 〈古〉公布(婚事预告)；公布(某人)的婚事预告
❷ vi.
1. 请求，要求，祈求 (for)
2. 问，询问；问候(about)
She asked about his health. 她探问他的健康状况。
Tell him my mother and father ask about him. 请转告他我爸妈问他好。
ask into a matter 调查一件事
II n.
1. 〈美〉(尤指证券的)开价
2. 〈澳新口〉要求
a big ask 难以满足的要求
[<OE āscian] phr. ask after 探问；问起…的健康情况 She asked after the aches and pains of all the old people. 她询问了所有老人的各种病痛。 My wife asked after you. 我的妻子问候你。 ask around 〈美〉各处询问 Asking around, he discovered that land speculators were buying land from innocent crofters. 各处调查后，他发现土地投机商正向头脑简单的佃户购进田地。 ask for 1. 要；要求 Don't serve water at meals unless someone asks for it. 除非有人要，就餐时不要端水上去。 Why don't you ask for help? 你为什么不要求帮助? ask for leniency 祈求宽大 2. 找 (人)Someone is asking for you. 有人在找你。 ask for it 〈口〉1. = ask for trouble
2. (女子)挑逗男子，撩拨男子的欲火
ask for trouble 自找麻烦，自讨苦吃
I don't know how they live down there. It's asking for trouble. 我不知道他们在那边生活得怎样，这是自讨苦吃。
ask me another 〈口〉我不知道
ask sb. along 邀请某人同去远足
don't ask me 〈口〉别来问我，我不知道
I ask you [表示厌恶、断言等]请问
Now, I ask you, can anybody stand this kind of thing? 请问，有谁忍受得了这种事?
if you ask me 〈口〉我认为，据我看 |