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单词 importune
释义
im·por·tune (ĭmpôr-tn, -tyn, ĭm-pôrchən)
v. im·por·tuned, im·por·tun·ing, im·por·tunes
v.tr.
1. To make an earnest request of (someone), especially insistently or repeatedly: "A dozen reporters importuned every passing ambassador to speak to them" (Felicity Barringer).
2. Archaic
a. To ask for (something) urgently or repeatedly.
b. To annoy; vex.
v.intr.
To plead or urge irksomely, often persistently.
adj.
Archaic
Importunate.

[French importuner, from Old French importun, inopportune, from Latin importūnus : in-, not; see IN-1 + portus, port, refuge; see per-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

impor·tunely adv.
impor·tuner n.
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