单词 | be asking for it |
释义 | be asking for itbe asking for it DESERVEused to say that someone deserves something bad that happens to them 自找麻烦,自作自受 It’s his own fault he got hit – he was asking for it. 他挨打是自己不好——他自找的。 Examples from the Corpus be asking for it• Anyone who invites a complete stranger into their house is asking for it.• It would only mean he might let her down again, and that would be asking for it.• Perhaps she ought not to have spoken so bluntly, even though he was asking for it. → be asking for it at ask1(SPOKEN SECT) |
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