1 VERB 请求；恳求；恳请 If you beg someone to do something, you ask them very anxiously or eagerly to do it. 请求；恳求；恳请 [Also V n with quote]
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I begged him to come back to England with me. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
我恳求他和我一起回英格兰。
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I begged to be allowed to leave. [VERB to-infinitive]
我请求允许我离开。
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We are not going to beg for help any more. [VERB + for]
我们不会再乞求帮助。
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They dropped to their knees and begged forgiveness. [VERB noun]
他们跪下请求原谅。
SYN implore, plead with, beseech, desire [formal]
2 VERB [oft cont] 乞讨；乞求施舍 If someone who is poor is begging, they are asking people to give them food or money. 乞讨；乞求施舍
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I was surrounded by people begging for food. [VERB + for]
我被一群讨饭的围住了。
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There are thousands like him in Los Angeles, begging on the streets and sleeping rough. [VERB]
洛杉矶有数以千计像他这样的人，沿街乞讨，露宿街头。
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She was living alone, begging food from neighbors. [VERB noun]
她孑然一身，向邻居们讨饭吃。
SYN scrounge [informal] , bum [informal] , blag [slang] , touch (someone) for [slang]
3 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. 恕难苟同；斗胆唱反调 [politeness]
4 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. 没人要；没人用
5 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. 引起疑问，使人想问（一些人认为此用法不正确）
6 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. （认为问题已获解决而）绕过问题
7 I beg your pardon→see: pardon
| Word Partnership | Use beg with: |
| VERB. | beg and plead 1 |
| PREP. | beg for something 1 2 |
| N. | beg for help/mercy 1 2 beg for food/money 2 beg (someone's) forgiveness/pardon 7 |
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