| 单词 | beg |
| 释义 | beg (beg ) Word forms: begs , begging , begged 1. verb B2 If you beg someone to do something, you ask them very anxiously or eagerly to do it. I begged him to come back to England with me. [VERB noun to-infinitive] I begged to be allowed to leave. [VERB to-infinitive] We are not going to beg for help any more. [VERB + for] They dropped to their knees and begged forgiveness. [VERB noun] Synonyms: implore, plead with, beseech, desire [formal] 2. verb [oft cont] B2 If someone who is poor is begging, they are asking people to give them food or money. I was surrounded by people begging for food. [VERB + for] There are thousands like him, begging on the streets and sleeping rough. [VERB] She was living alone, begging food from neighbors. [VERB noun] Synonyms: scrounge [informal], bum [informal], blag [slang], touch (someone) for [slang] 3. I beg to differ phrase You say 'I beg to differ' when you are politely emphasizing that you disagree with someone. [politeness] 4. going begging phrase If you say that something is going begging, you mean that it is available but no one is using it or accepting it. There is other housing going begging in town. 5. beg the question phrase If you say that something begs a particular question, you mean that it assumes that the question has already been answered and so does not deal with it. [written] The research begs a number of questions. 6. beg the question phrase If you say that something begs a particular question, you mean that it makes people want to ask that question; some people consider that this use is incorrect. Hopewell's success begs the question: why aren't more companies doing the same? 7. I beg your pardon convention B1+ You say ' Pardon?' or 'I beg your pardon?' or, in American English, 'Pardon me?' when you want someone to repeat what they have just said because you have not heard or understood it. [spoken, formulae] 'Will you let me open it?'—'Pardon?'—'Can I open it?' 'Does it have wires coming out of it?'—'Pardon me?'—'Does it have wires coming out of it?' Idioms: beg the question to make people want to ask a particular question Hopewell's success begs the question, why aren't more companies doing the same? [formal] to suggest that another, more important problem has not been dealt with The New York Times stated that `the warming of the earth's climate is no longer in dispute', somewhat begging the question of whether or not that warming is a greenhouse effect or, indeed, necessarily part of a continuing long-range trend. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: beg for money You had to really beg for money from that company to be quite honest. Times, Sunday Times I didn't want to beg for money. The Sun We had to beg for money to get over there. The Star (South Africa) These schools are partially funded by students, who are required to beg for money. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Now shunned by the revolutionaries, the thief tries to beg for money. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If so, tell her first, beg forgiveness and do everything you can to convince her you will never cheat again. The Sun I want to fall at his feet and beg forgiveness. Times, Sunday Times Years later her 'betrayer' made contact to beg forgiveness. Times, Sunday Times If they are still visible, tell the truth and beg forgiveness. The Sun Following the other, you beg forgiveness. Christianity Today Translations: Chinese: 乞求 Japanese: 物乞いをする |
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