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besought

/bih-sawt/US // bɪˈsɔt //UK // (bɪˈsɔːt) //

恳求,恳请,恳切希望,追求

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Definitions

v.动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : a simple past tense and past participle of beseech.

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Examples

  • The women gave him their little ones to bless, or besought him to touch medals and rosaries for them.

  • And so betaking themselves to prayers, they besought him, that the sin which had been committed might be forgotten.

  • His pall had been carried off by the English heretics, and he besought the Pope to send him another.

  • It was a spirit-stirring moment, all partook of the joy, and the chiefs eagerly besought Cheetoo to lose no time in his departure.

  • He could make out with two hundred dollars; and he besought his friend at any sacrifice to stand by him.