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begged

/beg/US // bɛg //UK // (bɛɡ) //

乞求的,乞讨的,恳求的,乞求

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
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    begged, beg·ging.

    • : to ask for as a gift, as charity, or as a favor: to beg alms; to beg forgiveness.
    • : to ask to give or do something; implore: He begged me for mercy. Sit down, I beg you.
    • : to take for granted without basis or justification: a statement that begs the very point we're disputing.
    • : to fail or refuse to come to grips with; avoid; evade: a report that consistently begs the whole problem.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    begged, beg·ging.

    • : to ask alms or charity; live by asking alms.
    • : to ask humbly or earnestly: begging for help; begging to differ.
    • : to sit up, as trained, in a posture of entreaty.
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    • : beg off, to request or obtain release from an obligation, promise, etc.: He had promised to drive us to the recital but begged off at the last minute.

Phrases

  • beginning of the end, the
  • begin to see daylight
  • begin to see the light
  • begin with
  • beg off
  • beg the question
  • beg to differ
  • go begging

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Meanwhile, Pennsylvania’s cash-strapped public school districts have begged for relief from the excessive tuition bills they must pay to the online schools.

  • It was a cri de coeur that, given the season, begs comparisons to the Festivus airing of grievances from George Costanza’s father on “Seinfeld” — another older Queens man unable to gracefully accept the nature of the world around him.

  • A little wine and time make this pot roast tender and flavorfulSo, latkes are something I’ve obsessed over since I was a kid, begging my mom to make them for me year-round.

  • This year, the epidemiologists are begging us to stay home and celebrate Thanksgiving only among members of the same household.

  • Weeks later, in an emotional video shared by the city of Arlington, the family is begging others to avoid gathering with anyone outside their immediate household.

  • According to the sheriff, 18-year-old Levi Weaver begged the officer to shoot him, and then leapt at him.

  • She begged hospital staff to let her keep the rods and screws.

  • I begged the doctors to save my children [as] I watched them grow weaker and weaker every day.

  • And when she spoke out about the AIDS crisis, her agent and manager practically begged her to let it go.

  • I used to hang out with them all day and begged him to teach me.

  • Madame Ratignolle begged Robert to accompany her to the house; she complained of cramp in her limbs and stiffness of the joints.

  • Which latter circumstance he begged Mr. Perker to note, with a glowing countenance and many marks of indignation.

  • At last he lay upon the floor, while around her, Mrs. Merley and the other girl begged and beseeched.

  • So my mother begged me to slip into the Rooms, with what was left, and try to get something back.

  • She would not dare to choose, and begged that Mademoiselle Reisz would please herself in her selections.