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单词 entreaties
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entreaty

noun

en·​treaty in-ˈtrē-tē How to pronounce entreaty (audio)
en-
plural entreaties
: an act of entreating : plea

Synonyms

  • adjuration
  • appeal
  • conjuration
  • cry
  • desire
  • petition
  • plea
  • pleading
  • prayer
  • solicitation
  • suit
  • suppliance
  • supplication
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Example Sentences

our entreaties to give us another few minutes to answer the test questions fell on deaf ears
Recent Examples on the Web The mix of love entreaty with social awareness and cultural lament suffuses what might otherwise resemble pamphleteering. Armond White, National Review, 25 May 2022 Moore never tried to call police that night and rejected his brother's entreaty to get in their car to get away from Scott, the prosecutor said. John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 4 May 2022 More than 11,000 people have put their signatures on the entreaty so far. The Editors, Outside Online, 7 Nov. 2014 In another message stashed in the attackers’ wallet, someone claiming to be a Wormhole user made an even more desperate entreaty. Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 4 Feb. 2022 But as the pandemic races on, the entreaty to them remains the same, still urgent but hopeful: Please, do more. New York Times, 30 Dec. 2021 A few days later, convinced their entreaty was a scam, Ms. Singh ceased communication. New York Times, 16 Dec. 2021 The California Supreme Court on Thursday decided to leave the state’s death penalty law intact, refusing an entreaty from Newsom that would have overturned scores of death sentences. John Myers, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2021 Zola tells Stefani at one point, King’s most pull-quote-worthy line turned into an entreaty for someone to accept, if not their own worth, then that of everyone else. Alison Willmore, Vulture, 30 June 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1530, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

entreaty

noun

en·​treaty in-ˈtrē-tē How to pronounce entreaty (audio)
plural entreaties
: a serious and urgent request

entreaties

noun

plural of entreaty
as in pleas
an earnest request our entreaties to give us another few minutes to answer the test questions fell on deaf ears

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • pleas
  • appeals
  • prayers
  • petitions
  • pleadings
  • supplications
  • cries
  • desires
  • solicitations
  • adjurations
  • demands
  • suits
  • applications
  • conjurations
  • calls
  • insistences
  • requisitions
  • suppliances
  • claims
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