beg /beɡ/ ●●○ verb (begged, begging) 1 ask 请求 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to ask for something in an anxious or urgent way, because you want it very much 乞求,恳求,哀求 She begged and pleaded with them until they finally agreed. 她一再恳求,后来他们终于同意了。
She fought back the sudden urge to run to him and beg his forgiveness. 她突然很想冲上去请求他原谅,但是她忍住了。
beg to do something The children begged to come with us. 孩子们央求着要和我们一起来。
beg somebody to do something I begged Helen to stay, but she wouldn’t listen. 我恳求海伦留下来,可她就是不听。
beg (somebody) for something She ran to the nearest house and begged for help. 她跑到最近的一户人家那里恳求帮助。
We could hear the prisoners begging for mercy. 我们听到囚犯在恳求宽恕。
I beg of you formal (=please) 求求你 Listen, I beg of you. 听我说,我求你了。
beg leave to do something formal (=ask permission to do something) 请求获准做某事
► see thesaurus at ask 2 money/food 钱/食物 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]ASK FOR something/ASK somebody TO DO something to ask people to give you food, money etc, usually because you are very poor 行乞;乞讨beg (something) from somebody a ragged child begging from passing shoppers 向过路的购物者行乞的衣衫褴褛的孩子
beg for The old man went from door to door begging for food. 那老人挨家挨户地讨饭。
a begging letter (=a letter asking for money) 〔讨钱的〕求助信
4 I beg your pardon spoken a) REPEATused to ask someone to repeat what they have just said 你说什么,请再说一遍 ‘The meeting’s on Wednesday.’ ‘I beg your pardon?’ ‘I said the meeting’s on Wednesday.’ “会议星期三开。”“你说什么?”“我说会议星期三开。”
b) SORRY/APOLOGIZEused to say sorry when you have made a mistake, or said something wrong or embarrassing 请原谅,对不起 Oh, I beg your pardon. I thought you said 15 pence, not 50. 噢,对不起,我以为你说的是15便士,不是50便士呢。
c) DISAGREEused to show that you strongly disagree with something that someone has said, or think it is unacceptable 你说什么〔表示强烈反对某人说的话,或认为其让人无法接受〕 ‘Chicago’s an awful place.’ ‘I beg your pardon, that’s where I’m from!’ “芝加哥是个很糟糕的地方。”“你说什么,我就是芝加哥人!”
I beg your pardon• "East Coast people are kind of uptight, aren't they?" "I beg your pardon!"• Oh, I beg your pardon. Are you all right?• "That's my pen." "Oh, I beg your pardon - I thought it was mine.''• "And the year of your birth?" "I beg your pardon?" "When were you born?" 5 I beg to differ spoken formalDISAGREE used to say firmly that you do not agree with something that has been said 恕我不敢苟同 I must beg to differ on this point. 在这点上,恕我不敢苟同。
6 beg the question a) to make you want to ask a question that has not yet been answered 引出问题beg the question of This proposal begs the question of who is going to pay for the new building. 这个提议让人不禁要问: 谁来出资兴建新的大楼?
b) to treat an idea as though it were true or had been proved, when this may not be the case 想当然地认为 beg the question• To say that seems to me really to beg the question.• To say that sexuality exists in the brain simply begs the question.• All this begs the question about the reliability of Mr Dole's gut.• Such measures, of course, beg the question in many ways.• It is begging the question just to ask it.• Plenty of helices are not so stick-like, and of course the argument begs the question of how, rather than why.• It begs the question of what pictures will be sacrificed in order to track Sanders.• Which rather begs the question-shouldn't there be a governing body that regulates such questionable decisions? 7 be going begging British EnglishBrE spokenAVAILABLE if something is going begging, it is available for anyone who wants it 可以取用;没人要 There’s a beer going begging, if anyone’s interested. 如果谁想要啤酒,这里有一瓶可以拿去。
8 beg, borrow, or stealborrow, or steal beg to do whatever you must in order to get what you want – often used humorously 去讨去借去偷〔常为幽默用法,表示为了得到某物什么都肯做〕 She’d beg, borrow, or steal the money for those shoes. 她哪怕是去讨去借去偷也要弄到钱买那双鞋子。