formalASK FOR something/ASK somebody TO DO something a seriousrequest in which you ask someone to do something for you 恳求;乞求
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entreaty• Despite denials, she persists in her entreaties.• His life was meaningless without Coleen, she had not replied to his entreaties so he would end it all.• I found him hostile to my entreaties.• After repeatedentreaties, the White House finally agreed to try one.• Such entreaties to passing travellers were not infrequent in lonely country at the time.• These entreaties, though modified, come in a direct line from the prophets of the Old Testament.• Thus, year after year, working people turn a deafear to unionentreaties.