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importune

/im-pawr-toon, -tyoon, im-pawr-chuhn/US // ˌɪm pɔrˈtun, -ˈtyun, ɪmˈpɔr tʃən //UK // (ɪmˈpɔːtjuːn) //

进口,进口的,进口商,进口商品

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    im·por·tuned, im·por·tun·ing.

    • : to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
    • : to make improper advances toward.
    • : to beg for urgently or persistently.
    • : Obsolete. to annoy.
    • : Obsolete. to press; impel.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    im·por·tuned, im·por·tun·ing.

    • : to make urgent or persistent solicitations.
    • : to make improper advances toward another person.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : importunate.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • I beg, plead, implore, importune: Get some spokespeople out there for the cause who are just regular Americans.

  • Perhaps some other way may be found, though it does not as yet occur to me, by means of which I need not importune you in future.

  • I would not importune the mighty prince, but rather Gripir's good counsel have.

  • But why importune readers with Emily's theory, when they have doubtless already guessed it in detail?

  • I believed your assertions, I yielded to your importune lies, and said I would name the day.

  • The others saw how it was and did not further importune him.