begs

英 [beɡz]

美 [beɡz]

v.  恳求; 祈求; 哀求; 乞讨; 行乞; (狗蹲坐在后腿上将前爪抬起)等食物
beg的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 请求；恳求；恳请
  If youbegsomeonetodo something, you ask them very anxiously or eagerly to do it.
  1. I begged him to come back to England with me...
     我恳求他和我一起回英格兰。
  2. I begged to be allowed to leave...
     我请求允许我离开。
  3. We are not going to beg for help any more...
     我们不会再乞求帮助。
  4. They dropped to their knees and begged forgiveness.
     他们跪下请求原谅。
• VERB 乞讨；乞求施舍
  If someone who is pooris begging, they are asking people to give them food or money.
  1. I was surrounded by people begging for food...
     我被一群讨饭的围住了。
  2. There are thousands like him in Los Angeles, begging on the streets and sleeping rough...
     洛杉矶有数以千计像他这样的人，沿街乞讨，露宿街头。
  3. She was living alone, begging food from neighbors.
     她孑然一身，向邻居们讨饭吃。
• 恕难苟同；斗胆唱反调
  You say 'Ibeg to differ' when you are politely emphasizing that you disagree with someone.
• PHRASE 没人要；没人用
  If you say that somethingis going begging, you mean that it is available but no one is using it or accepting it.
  1. There is other housing going begging in town.
     城里还有些住宅无人问津。
• PHRASE 引起疑问，使人想问（一些人认为此用法不正确）
  If you say that somethingbegsa particularquestion, you mean that it makes people want to ask that question; some people consider that this use is incorrect.
  1. Hopewell's success begs the question: why aren't more companies doing the same?
     霍普韦尔的成功让人不禁要问：为什么其他公司不效仿呢？
• PHRASE （认为问题已获解决而）绕过问题
  If you say that somethingbegsa particularquestion, you mean that it assumes that the question has already been answered and so does not deal with it.
  1. The research begs a number of questions.
     研究绕过了一些问题。
• I beg your pardon→ see:pardon

双语例句

• Hopewell's success begs the question: why aren't more companies doing the same?
  霍普韦尔的成功让人不禁要问：为什么其他公司不效仿呢？
• All this begs an important question: Has the traditional liberal-arts curriculum become obsolete?
  所有这一切都避开了一个重要问题：传统的文科课程过时了吗？
• This reliance on information begs the question: Where does all this information come from?
  对信息的信任回避了问题的实质：所有这些信息都出自哪里？
• Hollywood finocchio who weeps and begs for pity?
  一个好莱坞的茴香，他哭着并请求怜悯？
• It certainly begs many questions.
  这也的确产生了很多问题。
• This begs a few questions: Why does this person need to work harder than everyone else?
  这就让人想到了一些问题：为什么这个人要比别人都努力呢？
• Your reply begs the question.
  你的答复回避问题。
• Which begs another question: where is Patrick ewing?
  另一个在回避问题的实质：帕特里克尤因在哪里？
• The research begs a number of questions.
  研究绕过了一些问题。
• But this begs the question: how are women ever going to excel in business?
  但这带来一个问题，女性如何才能在商界有出色表现？