Definition of importune in English:

importune

verb ˌɪmpɔːˈtjuːnˌɪmpɔrˈt(j)un

[with object]

1Harass (someone) persistently for or to do something.
向（某人）强求，向（某人）不断要求
she importuned a waiter for profiteroles
Example sentencesExamples
- Then, relating the criminal conduct of Hamlet's uncle and his mother, the ghost importunes Hamlet to revenge it.
- The harbour was crowded with fishing vessels no longer employed… the quay was covered in long grass and a melancholy assemblage of beggars importuned us for relief wherever we walked.
- The Victorian crossing-sweeper was exactly analogous to the ubiquitous windscreen cleaner to be found importuning motorists at London and New York traffic-lights in the 1980s and 1990s.
- For instance, when Tom importunes a reclining, exhausted Grace, the director cuts from a shot of the woman nearly asleep to one of her wide awake, sitting up and trying to still Tom's jabbering.
- Although I was being importuned with an obstinate request for alms, I nonetheless summoned enough courage to give him a glowering look in an attempt to scare him away.
- In 1935 members of the Montgomery Air Pilots Club importuned city officials for improvements at the airport.
- But I didn't importune or invite other people to do it.
- I understand that well-meaning people are sometimes importuned to write such letters on behalf of those who aren't in a position to respond themselves.
- As you might recall I importuned you on this topic at our previous encounter, but it seems that little has resulted.
- There used to be a pretty clear split between political consultants, who helped politicians to get elected, and lobbyists, who importuned them on behalf of private clients.
- ‘If I could just see you, talk to you’ a woman importunes her lover, forgetting that she is, in fact, talking to him.
- Contrast that with the way that Columbus, living in a Europe of competing nations, could importune king after king until he hit on someone to back his voyage over the ocean.
- The Buddha found himself in a vigorous, competitive world which importuned him on all sides with predatory demands for total intellectual allegiance and total acceptance of one way of life or another.
- This is the bargain basement of therapy, and you can't walk two blocks in that part of Manhattan without being importuned by placards promising their version of inner peace.
- As a journalist, I've been cajoled, flattered, and importuned (not to mention insulted, ignored, bored, and patronized) by politicians.
- But a glimpse of the relationship can be found in the notes of a visitor, August Gottlieb Meissner, who was present when Mozart's friends importuned him to finish the overture to Don Giovanni.
- The merchandise pushers have invaded the commons of childhood, the free open spaces of imagination and play, and turned them into a free-fire zone of commercial importuning.
- Even before the parts came out in book form, boys were forming into patrols, rigging up uniforms and importuning adults to be their Scoutmasters.
- Her manipulative, importuning presence violates their sense of entitlement, which at first the film seems not to question.
- Russian and Chinese officials likely have found it easier to interact with each other than with their Western interlocutors, who constantly importune them to improve their human rights and other domestic practices.
Synonyms
beg, beseech, entreat, implore, plead with, appeal to, apply to, call on, supplicate, solicit, petition, enjoin
harass, pester, beset, press, dun, badger, bother, torment, plague, hound, nag, harry, go on at, harp on at
Northern English mither
informal hassle, bug
rare obsecrate
1. 1.1usually as noun importuning Approach (someone) to offer one's services as a prostitute.
  （妓女）拉客
  they said they were arresting me for importuning
  Example sentencesExamples
  You are under arrest for importuning for immoral proposes.
  Synonyms
  solicit, make sexual advances, offer one's services as a prostitute
  accost, approach
  informal proposition
  North American informal hustle

Origin

Mid 16th century: from French importuner or medieval Latin importunari, from Latin importunus 'inconvenient, unseasonable' (see importunate).

Portunus, the name of the god who protected harbours (from portus ‘harbour’), lies behind this word. A lack of the safety and calm associated with his protection is found in this word and in inopportune ‘troublesome, bringing problems’.

Rhymes

afternoon, attune, autoimmune, baboon, balloon, bassoon, bestrewn, boon, Boone, bridoon, buffoon, Cameroon, Cancún, cardoon, cartoon, Changchun, cocoon, commune, croon, doubloon, dragoon, dune, festoon, galloon, goon, harpoon, hoon, immune, impugn, Irgun, jejune, June, Kowloon, lagoon, lampoon, loon, macaroon, maroon, monsoon, moon, Muldoon, noon, oppugn, picayune, platoon, poltroon, pontoon, poon, prune, puccoon, raccoon, Rangoon, ratoon, rigadoon, rune, saloon, Saskatoon, Sassoon, Scone, soon, spittoon, spoon, swoon, Troon, tune, tycoon, typhoon, Walloon

Definition of importune in US English:

importune

verbˌimpôrˈt(y)o͞onˌɪmpɔrˈt(j)un

[with object]

1Ask (someone) pressingly and persistently for or to do something.
向（某人）强求，向（某人）不断要求
if he were alive now, I should importune him with my questions
Example sentencesExamples
- As you might recall I importuned you on this topic at our previous encounter, but it seems that little has resulted.
- The Victorian crossing-sweeper was exactly analogous to the ubiquitous windscreen cleaner to be found importuning motorists at London and New York traffic-lights in the 1980s and 1990s.
- The Buddha found himself in a vigorous, competitive world which importuned him on all sides with predatory demands for total intellectual allegiance and total acceptance of one way of life or another.
- This is the bargain basement of therapy, and you can't walk two blocks in that part of Manhattan without being importuned by placards promising their version of inner peace.
- But I didn't importune or invite other people to do it.
- Even before the parts came out in book form, boys were forming into patrols, rigging up uniforms and importuning adults to be their Scoutmasters.
- ‘If I could just see you, talk to you’ a woman importunes her lover, forgetting that she is, in fact, talking to him.
- As a journalist, I've been cajoled, flattered, and importuned (not to mention insulted, ignored, bored, and patronized) by politicians.
- In 1935 members of the Montgomery Air Pilots Club importuned city officials for improvements at the airport.
- Russian and Chinese officials likely have found it easier to interact with each other than with their Western interlocutors, who constantly importune them to improve their human rights and other domestic practices.
- Her manipulative, importuning presence violates their sense of entitlement, which at first the film seems not to question.
- I understand that well-meaning people are sometimes importuned to write such letters on behalf of those who aren't in a position to respond themselves.
- The merchandise pushers have invaded the commons of childhood, the free open spaces of imagination and play, and turned them into a free-fire zone of commercial importuning.
- The harbour was crowded with fishing vessels no longer employed… the quay was covered in long grass and a melancholy assemblage of beggars importuned us for relief wherever we walked.
- There used to be a pretty clear split between political consultants, who helped politicians to get elected, and lobbyists, who importuned them on behalf of private clients.
- But a glimpse of the relationship can be found in the notes of a visitor, August Gottlieb Meissner, who was present when Mozart's friends importuned him to finish the overture to Don Giovanni.
- For instance, when Tom importunes a reclining, exhausted Grace, the director cuts from a shot of the woman nearly asleep to one of her wide awake, sitting up and trying to still Tom's jabbering.
- Contrast that with the way that Columbus, living in a Europe of competing nations, could importune king after king until he hit on someone to back his voyage over the ocean.
- Although I was being importuned with an obstinate request for alms, I nonetheless summoned enough courage to give him a glowering look in an attempt to scare him away.
- Then, relating the criminal conduct of Hamlet's uncle and his mother, the ghost importunes Hamlet to revenge it.
Synonyms
beg, beseech, entreat, implore, plead with, appeal to, apply to, call on, supplicate, solicit, petition, enjoin
1. 1.1 Approach (someone) to offer one's services as a prostitute.
  （妓女）拉客
  Example sentencesExamples
  You are under arrest for importuning for immoral proposes.
  Synonyms
  solicit, make sexual advances, offer one's services as a prostitute

Origin

Mid 16th century: from French importuner or medieval Latin importunari, from Latin importunus ‘inconvenient, unseasonable’ (see importunate).

单词	importune
释义	Definition of importune in English: importune verb ˌɪmpɔːˈtjuːnˌɪmpɔrˈt(j)un [with object] 1Harass (someone) persistently for or to do something. 向（某人）强求，向（某人）不断要求 she importuned a waiter for profiteroles Example sentencesExamples Then, relating the criminal conduct of Hamlet's uncle and his mother, the ghost importunes Hamlet to revenge it. The harbour was crowded with fishing vessels no longer employed… the quay was covered in long grass and a melancholy assemblage of beggars importuned us for relief wherever we walked. The Victorian crossing-sweeper was exactly analogous to the ubiquitous windscreen cleaner to be found importuning motorists at London and New York traffic-lights in the 1980s and 1990s. For instance, when Tom importunes a reclining, exhausted Grace, the director cuts from a shot of the woman nearly asleep to one of her wide awake, sitting up and trying to still Tom's jabbering. Although I was being importuned with an obstinate request for alms, I nonetheless summoned enough courage to give him a glowering look in an attempt to scare him away. In 1935 members of the Montgomery Air Pilots Club importuned city officials for improvements at the airport. But I didn't importune or invite other people to do it. I understand that well-meaning people are sometimes importuned to write such letters on behalf of those who aren't in a position to respond themselves. As you might recall I importuned you on this topic at our previous encounter, but it seems that little has resulted. There used to be a pretty clear split between political consultants, who helped politicians to get elected, and lobbyists, who importuned them on behalf of private clients. ‘If I could just see you, talk to you’ a woman importunes her lover, forgetting that she is, in fact, talking to him. Contrast that with the way that Columbus, living in a Europe of competing nations, could importune king after king until he hit on someone to back his voyage over the ocean. The Buddha found himself in a vigorous, competitive world which importuned him on all sides with predatory demands for total intellectual allegiance and total acceptance of one way of life or another. This is the bargain basement of therapy, and you can't walk two blocks in that part of Manhattan without being importuned by placards promising their version of inner peace. As a journalist, I've been cajoled, flattered, and importuned (not to mention insulted, ignored, bored, and patronized) by politicians. But a glimpse of the relationship can be found in the notes of a visitor, August Gottlieb Meissner, who was present when Mozart's friends importuned him to finish the overture to Don Giovanni. The merchandise pushers have invaded the commons of childhood, the free open spaces of imagination and play, and turned them into a free-fire zone of commercial importuning. Even before the parts came out in book form, boys were forming into patrols, rigging up uniforms and importuning adults to be their Scoutmasters. Her manipulative, importuning presence violates their sense of entitlement, which at first the film seems not to question. Russian and Chinese officials likely have found it easier to interact with each other than with their Western interlocutors, who constantly importune them to improve their human rights and other domestic practices. Synonyms beg, beseech, entreat, implore, plead with, appeal to, apply to, call on, supplicate, solicit, petition, enjoin harass, pester, beset, press, dun, badger, bother, torment, plague, hound, nag, harry, go on at, harp on at Northern English mither informal hassle, bug rare obsecrate 1.1usually as noun importuning Approach (someone) to offer one's services as a prostitute. （妓女）拉客 they said they were arresting me for importuning Example sentencesExamples You are under arrest for importuning for immoral proposes. Synonyms solicit, make sexual advances, offer one's services as a prostitute accost, approach informal proposition North American informal hustle Origin Mid 16th century: from French importuner or medieval Latin importunari, from Latin importunus 'inconvenient, unseasonable' (see importunate). Portunus, the name of the god who protected harbours (from portus ‘harbour’), lies behind this word. A lack of the safety and calm associated with his protection is found in this word and in inopportune ‘troublesome, bringing problems’. Rhymes afternoon, attune, autoimmune, baboon, balloon, bassoon, bestrewn, boon, Boone, bridoon, buffoon, Cameroon, Cancún, cardoon, cartoon, Changchun, cocoon, commune, croon, doubloon, dragoon, dune, festoon, galloon, goon, harpoon, hoon, immune, impugn, Irgun, jejune, June, Kowloon, lagoon, lampoon, loon, macaroon, maroon, monsoon, moon, Muldoon, noon, oppugn, picayune, platoon, poltroon, pontoon, poon, prune, puccoon, raccoon, Rangoon, ratoon, rigadoon, rune, saloon, Saskatoon, Sassoon, Scone, soon, spittoon, spoon, swoon, Troon, tune, tycoon, typhoon, Walloon Definition of importune in US English: importune verbˌimpôrˈt(y)o͞onˌɪmpɔrˈt(j)un [with object] 1Ask (someone) pressingly and persistently for or to do something. 向（某人）强求，向（某人）不断要求 if he were alive now, I should importune him with my questions Example sentencesExamples As you might recall I importuned you on this topic at our previous encounter, but it seems that little has resulted. The Victorian crossing-sweeper was exactly analogous to the ubiquitous windscreen cleaner to be found importuning motorists at London and New York traffic-lights in the 1980s and 1990s. The Buddha found himself in a vigorous, competitive world which importuned him on all sides with predatory demands for total intellectual allegiance and total acceptance of one way of life or another. This is the bargain basement of therapy, and you can't walk two blocks in that part of Manhattan without being importuned by placards promising their version of inner peace. But I didn't importune or invite other people to do it. Even before the parts came out in book form, boys were forming into patrols, rigging up uniforms and importuning adults to be their Scoutmasters. ‘If I could just see you, talk to you’ a woman importunes her lover, forgetting that she is, in fact, talking to him. As a journalist, I've been cajoled, flattered, and importuned (not to mention insulted, ignored, bored, and patronized) by politicians. In 1935 members of the Montgomery Air Pilots Club importuned city officials for improvements at the airport. Russian and Chinese officials likely have found it easier to interact with each other than with their Western interlocutors, who constantly importune them to improve their human rights and other domestic practices. Her manipulative, importuning presence violates their sense of entitlement, which at first the film seems not to question. I understand that well-meaning people are sometimes importuned to write such letters on behalf of those who aren't in a position to respond themselves. The merchandise pushers have invaded the commons of childhood, the free open spaces of imagination and play, and turned them into a free-fire zone of commercial importuning. The harbour was crowded with fishing vessels no longer employed… the quay was covered in long grass and a melancholy assemblage of beggars importuned us for relief wherever we walked. There used to be a pretty clear split between political consultants, who helped politicians to get elected, and lobbyists, who importuned them on behalf of private clients. But a glimpse of the relationship can be found in the notes of a visitor, August Gottlieb Meissner, who was present when Mozart's friends importuned him to finish the overture to Don Giovanni. For instance, when Tom importunes a reclining, exhausted Grace, the director cuts from a shot of the woman nearly asleep to one of her wide awake, sitting up and trying to still Tom's jabbering. Contrast that with the way that Columbus, living in a Europe of competing nations, could importune king after king until he hit on someone to back his voyage over the ocean. Although I was being importuned with an obstinate request for alms, I nonetheless summoned enough courage to give him a glowering look in an attempt to scare him away. Then, relating the criminal conduct of Hamlet's uncle and his mother, the ghost importunes Hamlet to revenge it. Synonyms beg, beseech, entreat, implore, plead with, appeal to, apply to, call on, supplicate, solicit, petition, enjoin 1.1 Approach (someone) to offer one's services as a prostitute. （妓女）拉客 Example sentencesExamples You are under arrest for importuning for immoral proposes. Synonyms solicit, make sexual advances, offer one's services as a prostitute Origin Mid 16th century: from French importuner or medieval Latin importunari, from Latin importunus ‘inconvenient, unseasonable’ (see importunate).
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