| 释义 |
beg /beɡ/ vt. | vi. | phr. (begged; beg·ging)
❶ vt.
1. 乞讨，乞求
beg one's bread from door to door 挨户乞食
beg alms 乞求施舍
beg one's way along 一路行乞
2. 恳求，请求；请求得到
Sit down, I beg you. 我请求你坐下。
beg sb. to help 请求某人帮助
beg a favour (of sb.) 请求(某人)帮个忙
beg a lift in a neighbour's car 请求搭乘邻人的汽车
I beg that I (should 或 may) be allowed to leave. 我请求准许我离开。
3. [正式场合的礼貌用语]请(允许)，请(原谅)
I beg leave to disagree. 请允许我表示异议。
I beg to point out that your facts are incorrect. 恕我指出你说的事实不正确。
4. 规避，回避
beg the real problems 回避要害问题
5. (无根据地)假定…为正确(或有理)
a conclusion that begs the very point we're discussing 以我们还正在讨论的这一点为依据而贸然作出的结论
❷ vi.
1. 乞求施舍，乞讨
live by begging (或 beg for a living) 乞讨为生
2. 恳求，请求
Please listen to me, I beg of you. 求求你，请你听我讲。
beg for mercy 恳求饶恕
3. (狗等)坐着举起前脚作乞求状
[< ME beggen < Ang-Fr begger to ask for alms<OFr begard beggar<MD beggaert] phr. beg off 1. 恳求免除某种义务 (或约束等)；恳求免除 (某种义务、 约束等)They invited her to dinner, but she begged off. 他们邀请她去吃饭，可她婉言谢绝了。She did six songs before she could beg off. 她唱了6支歌人们才罢休。beg off for an hour 请假1小时 He politely begged off from the drink. 他彬彬有礼地恳请免酒。beg off a football match 请求不参加足球比赛 2. 恳求免除…的义务 (或约束)，为…说情 I have to beg Mary off, she's ill again. 我得替玛丽告个假，因为她又病了。beg sb. off from a duty 恳求免除某人一项任务 beg the question 见 question
go begging (或 a-begging) 1. 去乞讨
go around with a tin cup begging 带着一只洋铁罐到处讨饭
2. (东西等)没人要，没人接受；(职位等)还空着
There are several scholarships going begging. 有几笔奖学金还没主。
The job went begging for lack of qualified applicants. 由于缺少合格的应聘者，那个职位还空着。 |