| 单词 | entreaty |
| 释义 | entreaty (once / 724 pages) n "Ain't too proud to beg" is what the word entreaty is all about. When you make an entreaty, you're begging or pleading for something. An entreaty is the kind of request you make to King Kong when he's dangling you from the top of the Empire State Building. It's an appeal you make to someone who usually has the power to grant your wish. Entreaty is often used in the plural: "After all my pleas and entreaties, my teacher still gave me a C." WORD FAMILYentreaty: entreaties+/treaty: entreaty, treaties USAGE EXAMPLESI put more effort into answering random entreaties from students trying to place articles. New York Times(Mar 27, 2013) Pavlova’s thin, pale arms are especially striking — they’re trembling parentheses — whether she’s throwing them up in joy or thrusting them forward in entreaty. New York Times(Dec 15, 2016) But such entreaties eventually could run afoul of an “emoluments” clause in the U.S. Washington Post(Nov 30, 2016) n earnest or urgent request an entreaty to stop the fighting Syn|Hypo|Hyper appeal, prayer adjuration a solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something demagoguery, demagogyimpassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace plea, supplicationa humble request for help from someone in authority solicitationan entreaty addressed to someone of superior status suita petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank courting, courtship, suit, wooinga man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage) flag waving, jingoisman appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions beggary, begging, mendicancya solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) touchthe act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan) importunity, urgency, urginginsistent solicitation and entreaty bundlinga onetime custom during courtship of unmarried couples occupying the same bed without undressing asking, request the verbal act of requesting |
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