begging

柯林斯詞典

beg /b?ɡ/ (begging,begged,begs)

• 1. V-T/V-I If you beg someone to do something, you ask them very anxiously or eagerly to do it. 懇求

  I begged him to come back to New York with me. 我請求他和我一起回紐約。

  We are not going to beg for help anymore. 我們將不再請求幫助。

• 2. V-I If someone who is poor is begging, they are asking people to give them food or money. 行乞[oft cont]

  I was surrounded by people begging for food. 我被一群討飯的人圍住了。

  ...homeless people begging on the streets. …沿街乞討的無家可歸者。

  She was living alone, begging food from neighbours. 她一個人生活，從鄰居那兒討些吃的。

• 3. V (of a dog) to sit up with forepaws raised expectantly (狗)端坐將前爪舉起懇求

• 4. I beg your pardon→see pardon

• 5. N →a variant of bey

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