ask after somebody

phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE if you ask after someone, you want to know whether they are well, what they are doing etc 问候〔某人〕

I spoke to James today. He was asking after you.

今天我和詹姆斯聊天，他问你好。

Examples from the Corpus

ask after • I asked after a time, startled to discover we were alone.• He had his tea, with sugar and milk, and then asked after a while if he could have-some more.• Alice asked after her daughter, Mungo's mother, and complained about the price of bread.• She says that Siobhan will not stop asking after her Marks and Spencer coat, which was abandoned in the wreck.• Agnes asked after Kathleen's health.• As we climbed, I asked after Rozanov's wife, Sonia, and Sasha his son.• To begin with he asked after the whereabouts of each missing man.• Dooley asks after you, as do Emma and Puny.

→ ask after somebody at ask1(5)

单词	ask after somebody
释义	ask after somebody ask after somebody phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE if you ask after someone, you want to know whether they are well, what they are doing etc 问候〔某人〕 I spoke to James today. He was asking after you. 今天我和詹姆斯聊天，他问你好。 Examples from the Corpus ask after • I asked after a time, startled to discover we were alone.• He had his tea, with sugar and milk, and then asked after a while if he could have-some more.• Alice asked after her daughter, Mungo's mother, and complained about the price of bread.• She says that Siobhan will not stop asking after her Marks and Spencer coat, which was abandoned in the wreck.• Agnes asked after Kathleen's health.• As we climbed, I asked after Rozanov's wife, Sonia, and Sasha his son.• To begin with he asked after the whereabouts of each missing man.• Dooley asks after you, as do Emma and Puny. → ask after somebody at ask1(5)
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