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的过去分词和过去式
柯林斯词典
VERB 请求;恳求;恳请 If you beg someone to do something, you ask them very anxiously or eagerly to do it.
I begged him to come back to England with me... 我恳求他和我一起回英格兰。
I begged to be allowed to leave... 我请求允许我离开。
We are not going to beg for help any more... 我们不会再乞求帮助。
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 poor is begging, they are asking people to give them food or money.
I was surrounded by people begging for food... 我被一群讨饭的围住了。
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。
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 'I beg to differ' when you are politely emphasizing that you disagree with someone.
PHRASE 没人要;没人用 If you say that something is going begging, you mean that it is available but no one is using it or accepting it.
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 something begs a particular question, you mean that it makes people want to ask that question; some people consider that this use is incorrect.
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 something begs a particular question, you mean that it assumes that the question has already been answered and so does not deal with it.
The research begs a number of questions. 研究绕过了一些问题。