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importunately

/im-pawr-chuh-nit/US // ɪmˈpɔr tʃə nɪt //UK // (ɪmˈpɔːtjʊnɪt) //

恳请,迫切希望,殷勤地,恳切希望

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so.
    • : pertinacious, as solicitations or demands.
    • : troublesome; annoying: importunate demands from the children for attention.

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Examples

  • Wordsworth has illustrated how an unwise and importunate demand for a reason from a child may drive him into invention.

  • Another rap, louder and more importunate, echoed through the large room.

  • "My men and I have a devilish importunate creditor," said he, slapping his stomach.

  • Somewhere near her feet the cricket gave out an importunate chirp.

  • The memories of that time, and of the importunate thoughts that had haunted him then, at the opening of life, returned to him now.