entreat
/ɪnˈtriːt/verb
1
- reporting verb ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something恳求, 请求：
with obj. and infinitive his friends entreated him not to go.他的朋友们求他别走。
1.1
- with obj. ask earnestly or anxiously for (something)请求得到：
a message had been sent, entreating aid for the Navahos.
请求给纳瓦霍人提供援助的电报已经发出。
2
- with obj. and adverbial archaic treat (someone) in a specified manner〈古〉对待：
the King, I fear, hath ill entreated her.
恐怕国王虐待了她。
派生词
entreatingly
adverb词源
late Middle English （in the sense 'treat, act towards (someone)'; formerly also as intreat ）： from Old French entraitier, based on traitier 'to treat', from Latin tractare 'to handle'.