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| 1 | I/T to speak or write to someone in order to get information from them 问；询问；打听 |
| I wondered who had given her the ring but was afraid to ask. 我想知道谁给了她这个戒指，但不敢问。 |
| ask (sb) why/how/whether etc She asked me how I knew about it. 她问我怎么知道这事的。 |
| ask (sb) about sth Did you ask about the money? 你打听钱的事了吗？ |
| ask sb a question The police wanted to ask us a few questions. 警察想问我们几个问题。 |
| ask yourself sth (=consider it carefully) He ought to ask himself why nobody ever invites him. 自己认真思考某事 |
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| 2 | I/T to speak or write to someone because you want them to give you something 请求（给予）；要求；索取 |
| If you need any help, just ask. 如果你需要帮助就尽管开口。 |
| ask (sb) for sth The children were asking for drinks. 孩子们在索要饮料。 |
| ask sb’ s permission/advice/opinion etc I think we’ d better ask your mum’ s opinion first. 我认为我们最好先征求一下你妈妈的意见。 |
| ask sb a favour Can I ask you a favour? Would you look after the children for an hour? 你能帮我个忙吗？你可以照看孩子们一个小时吗？ |
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| 3 | I/T to expect someone to do something or give you something 指望，要求（做某事或得到某物） |
| ask sth (for sth) It’ s a nice house, but they’ re asking over half a million pounds. 这是栋不错的房子，但他们要价50多万英镑。 |
| ask a lot/too much It’ s asking a lot of teenagers to expect them to see what’ s wrong with consumerism. 指望青少年看清消费主义的弊端，那是要求太高了。 |
| All I want is five minutes’ peace and quiet: is that asking too much? 我所需要的只是5分钟的宁静：这要求过分吗？ |
| ask sb (not) to do sth We ask guests not to smoke in the hotel. 我们要求客人不要在旅馆吸烟。 |
| | 3a | used about things that are difficult to believe because they seem false or wrong 让某人相信某事物（尤指看上去虚假或错误而难以令人相信的事物） | | Are you seriously asking me to believe that you knew nothing about this? 你真的要让我相信你对此一无所知吗？ | |
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| 4 | I/T to say that you want something to happen , or that you want someone else to do something 要求（某事发生或他人做某事） |
| ask sb (not) to do sth Then the computer will ask you to restart it. 然后计算机会要求你重新启动。 |
| He asked us to join him. 他要我们跟他一块儿去。 |
| ask to do sth I asked to see the manager. 我要求见经理。 |
| ask (not) to be The writer has asked not to be named. 作者要求不署名。 |
| ask that sb (should) do sth The committee has asked that this scheme be stopped for now. 委员会要求这项计划现在就停止执行。 |
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| 5 | T to invite someone to do something or go somewhere with you 邀请 |
| ask sb to sth How many people have you asked to the party? 你邀请了多少人参加聚会？ |
| ask sb for sth We should ask them for a meal sometime. 我们应该找个时间请他们吃饭。 |
| ask sb over/round (=to your house) The neighbours have asked us over for a drink. 请某人到家里 |
| ask sb in (=ask someone to come into your house, room, office etc) We stood on the doorstep for ages before he asked us in. 请某人进入 |
| ask sb to do sth They asked me to stay the night. 他们要我留下来过夜。 |
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| - | don’ t ask spoken
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| used for telling someone that you do not want to talk about something because it was not good , pleasant , enjoyable etc |
| 不要再说；不再谈 |
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| - | don’ t ask me spoken
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| used for telling someone that you do not know the answer to their question when you are annoyed or surprised that they have asked you |
| （表示恼怒或惊讶）别问我 |
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| - | for the asking
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| available if you ask for it |
| 只要询问便可；只需要求 |
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| There are sales jobs for the asking. 只要开口就能得到一份销售工作。 |
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| - | I ask you spoken
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| used for emphasizing that you think something is silly or shocking |
| （用于强调某事愚蠢或令人吃惊）你看看 |
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| He arrived over an hour late for the meeting – I ask you! 他开会居然迟到了一个多小时，你看看！ |
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| - | if you ask me spoken
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| used before you give someone your opinion about something |
| 我认为；据我看 |
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| If you ask me, she doesn’ t really want the job. 据我看，她并不真正想要这份工作。 |
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| - | may/might I ask spoken
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| used for showing that you are angry about something that has happened, but want to ask about it politely |
| 请问（用于表示愤怒时有礼貌地询问） |
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| Might I ask what you are doing with my wallet? 请问你拿我的钱包做什么？ |
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| - | who asked you? spoken
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| used as a rude way of telling someone that their opinion is not important |
| （粗鲁说法）谁问你了？ |
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| - | you may/might well ask spoken
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| used for showing that you think someone’ s question is difficult to answer |
| （表示某人的问题难以回答）你问得真是 |
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| - | ˈask ˌafter |
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| | ask after sb: to ask for news about someone 探问；问起（某人）的情况 | I met Bob and he asked after you. 我碰到鲍勃，他问起了你。 | |
| - | ˌask aˈround |
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| | to ask several people for information or advice 各处询问；四处打听 | I asked around, but nobody had seen him for days. 我四处打听，但好几天来没人见过他。 | |
| - | ˈask for |
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| 1 | ask for sth: to speak or write to someone because you want them to give you something 请求（给予） | He’ s always reluctant to ask for anyone’ s help. 他总是不愿意请别人帮忙。 | |
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| 2 | ask for sb: to say that you want someone to come and speak to you 找（人） | There’ s someone in the shop asking for the manager. 店里有人找经理。 | |
| | - | be asking for sth
| | to behave in a way that makes it likely that a particular unpleasant thing will happen to you | | 自找某事 | | | | She’ s asking for trouble speaking to people like that. 她那样跟人说话是自找麻烦。 | | be asking for it Anyone who drives while they’ re drunk is just asking for it. 酒后开车的人都是自寻倒霉。 | | | |
| - | ˌask ˈout |
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| | ask sb out: to invite someone to go with you to a cinema , restaurant etc because you want to start a romantic or sexual relationship with them 约（某人）外出（约会） | Finally he asked her out. 最终他约她出去了。 | |
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