begs

英 [beɡz]

美 [beɡz]

v.  恳求; 祈求; 哀求; 乞讨; 行乞; (狗蹲坐在后腿上将前爪抬起)等食物
beg的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 请求；恳求；恳请
  If youbegsomeonetodo something, you ask them very anxiously or eagerly to do it.
  1. I begged him to come back to England with me...
     我恳求他和我一起回英格兰。
  2. I begged to be allowed to leave...
     我请求允许我离开。
  3. We are not going to beg for help any more...
     我们不会再乞求帮助。
  4. They dropped to their knees and begged forgiveness.
     他们跪下请求原谅。
• VERB 乞讨；乞求施舍
  If someone who is pooris begging, they are asking people to give them food or money.
  1. I was surrounded by people begging for food...
     我被一群讨饭的围住了。
  2. There are thousands like him in Los Angeles, begging on the streets and sleeping rough...
     洛杉矶有数以千计像他这样的人，沿街乞讨，露宿街头。
  3. She was living alone, begging food from neighbors.
     她孑然一身，向邻居们讨饭吃。
• 恕难苟同；斗胆唱反调
  You say 'Ibeg to differ' when you are politely emphasizing that you disagree with someone.
• PHRASE 没人要；没人用
  If you say that somethingis going begging, you mean that it is available but no one is using it or accepting it.
  1. There is other housing going begging in town.
     城里还有些住宅无人问津。
• PHRASE 引起疑问，使人想问（一些人认为此用法不正确）
  If you say that somethingbegsa particularquestion, you mean that it makes people want to ask that question; some people consider that this use is incorrect.
  1. Hopewell's success begs the question: why aren't more companies doing the same?
     霍普韦尔的成功让人不禁要问：为什么其他公司不效仿呢？
• PHRASE （认为问题已获解决而）绕过问题
  If you say that somethingbegsa particularquestion, you mean that it assumes that the question has already been answered and so does not deal with it.
  1. The research begs a number of questions.
     研究绕过了一些问题。
• I beg your pardon→ see:pardon

双语例句

• For you to have to ask so many questions about marriage, begs the question of whether or not you should even get married at all.
  你要问这么多关于婚姻的问题，却回避了一个实质性问题，就是你到底应不应该结婚。
• Hopewell's success begs the question: why aren't more companies doing the same?
  霍普韦尔的成功让人不禁要问：为什么其他公司不效仿呢？
• Then the mind begs to know: Why did he not do it?
  那么头脑心智就想知道：为什么他没去做？
• Hollywood finocchio who weeps and begs for pity?
  一个好莱坞的茴香，他哭着并请求怜悯？
• Jack promises that he will not harm him, and begs the Senator to let him through.
  杰克向他保证，他不会伤害他，恳请帕默让他通过安保，与其见面。
• This begs the question, though: How does an application determine a user's locale and time zone?
  但是这就有了一个问题：应用程序如何确定用户的语言环境和时区？
• When a well-dressed beggar begs you for money for a long time without leaving.
  当一个穿着考究的乞丐向你乞讨很久而未有离去之意。
• But this begs the question: how are women ever going to excel in business?
  但这带来一个问题，女性如何才能在商界有出色表现？
• That begs the question, why launch the process in the first place?
  这就引出了一个问题：中国为什么要首先启动人民币国际化？
• All this begs an important question: Has the traditional liberal-arts curriculum become obsolete?
  所有这一切都避开了一个重要问题：传统的文科课程过时了吗？