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| 1 | I/T to ask for help , an opportunity etc in a way that shows you want it very much 请求；恳求 |
| ‘Don’ t go!’ he begged. “别走！”他恳求道。 |
| beg (sb) for sth The boy was screaming and begging for mercy. 那个男孩叫喊着恳求宽恕。 |
| We begged her for another chance. 我们请求她再给一次机会。 |
| beg sb (not) to do sth She had written a letter begging him to come back. 她写信恳求他回来。 |
| beg to do sth I begged to be allowed to join them. 我请求获准加入他们。 |
| | 1a | I to ask for something in a way that shows you are not proud 乞求 | | Yes, I do want him to give me the job, but I refuse to beg! 是的，我确实想让他给我那份工作，但我不会乞求！ | |
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| 2 | I/T to ask people for money or food , usually because you are very poor 乞讨 |
| homeless people begging on the streets 在街头乞讨的无家可归者 |
| +for The boys went from door to door begging for money. 男孩们挨家挨户地讨钱。 |
| beg sth from sb He would beg food from other children at school. 他在学校会向其他孩子讨吃的。 |
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| 3 | I if a dog begs, it sits and holds up its two front feet as a way of asking for food （狗坐着举起前腿）乞食 |
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| - | be going begging BRITISH spoken
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| if something is going begging, anyone can have it because no one else wants it |
| （某物）没人要 |
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| I’ ll have that last biscuit if it’ s going begging. 如果最后的那块饼干没人要的话，我就吃掉它。 |
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| - | beg or borrow sth
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| to manage to find something you need by whatever method you can |
| 不择手段地弄到某物 |
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| - | beg the question
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| 1 | to make you want to know the answer to a particular question 令人置疑；使人纳闷 | If she got caught stealing money and she’ s still here, it begs the question: What would she have to do to get fired? 如果她偷钱被抓住了还能在这里工作，这就让人纳闷：她得做什么才能被解雇？ | |
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| 2 | formal to discuss a problem , issue , or fact as if it definitely exists, even though it may not exist 假定；想当然 | The whole idea of a Patients’ Charter begs the question that the government should be involved in the first place. 《病人约章》的整个制定思想是以政府首先介入为前提的。 | |
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| - | I beg to differ spoken formal
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| used for saying that you disagree with what someone has just said |
| 恕我不敢苟同 |
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| - | I beg your pardon
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| 1 | spoken formal used for asking someone to repeat something because you did not hear them . ‘Pardon?’ or ‘Sorry?’ are less formal ways of saying this 请重复一遍，你说什么（Pardon？或Sorry？是不太正式的说法） | ‘Are you ready to leave?’ ‘I beg your pardon?’ ‘I was just asking if you’ re ready to leave.’ “你准备好要走了吗？”“你说什么？”“我只是问你是否准备好要离开了。” | |
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| 2 | spoken formal used for saying you are sorry because you have made a slight mistake , for example because you have stood on someone’ s foot . ‘Sorry’ is a less formal way of saying this 对不起，请原谅（Sorry是不太正式的说法） | Oh, I beg your pardon, I didn’ t realize this was your chair. 哦，对不起，我不知道这是您的椅子。 | |
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| 3 | spoken used for showing that you disagree very strongly with what someone has just said 恕我不敢苟同 | ‘Jenny doesn’ t concentrate when she’ s driving.’ ‘I beg your pardon! She’ s a very good driver!’ “珍妮开车时注意力不集中。”“恕我不敢苟同！她是个很好的驾驶员！” | |
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| - | ˌbeg ˈoff |
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| | to say that you are not going to do something that you had previously agreed to do 反悔；打退堂鼓 |
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