beseech
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[编辑]源自中古英語 besechen、bisechen,古英語 sēċan (“寻求;询问”)的带前缀形式。同源词有薩特弗里斯蘭語 besäike (“拜访”)、荷蘭語 bezoeken (“拜访,参与”)、德語 besuchen (“拜访,参与”)、瑞典語 besöka (“拜访”)。
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[编辑]beseech (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 beseeches,現在分詞 beseeching,一般過去時及過去分詞 beseeched 或 besought)
- 请求,恳求
- 1485,Thomas Malory,Le Morte Darthur Book XX, Chapter iii, leaf 401r:
- Moost noble crysten Quene I byseche yow as ye haue ben euer my specyal good lady and I at al tymes your true poure knyghte vnto my power and as I neuer fayled yow in ryghte nor in wrong sythen the fyrst day kynge Arthur made me knyghte that ye wylle praye for my soule yf that I here be slayne;
"Most noble Christian queen, I beseech you as ye have been ever my special good lady, and I at all times your true poor knight unto my power, and as I never failed you in right nor in wrong sithen the first day King Arthur made me knight, that ye will pray for my soul if that I here be slain;"- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
- 1748,David Hume,Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral,London: Oxford University Press, 出版於 1973, § 25:
- after what manner, I beseech you, must the mind proceed in this operation?
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- 1888,Rudyard Kipling,“Watches of the Night”, in Plain Tales from the Hills,Folio, 出版於 2005,頁 61:
- She besought him, for his Soul's sake to speak the truth.
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- 2019年12月10日,Yacht Club Games,Shovel Knight: King of Cards,經由 Nintendo 3DS,關卡/區域:Royal Pond:
- [King Knight defeats the Troupple King.] / Troupple Acolyte: 'HALT! I BESEECH THEE! PLEASE, NO MORE!'
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- 要求,请求 (某件事物)
- 1990,Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky(譯者), The Brothers Karamazov,San Francisco, North Point Press, →ISBN,頁 657:
- […] the tickets had all been given out, begged, besought long ago.
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[编辑]beseech (複數 beseeches)
- (古舊) 请求
- 1617,pseudo-Francis Beaumont,John Fletcher,George Chapman,Ben Jonson,Philip Massinger,Rollo, Duke of Normandy, or the Bloody Brother, Act IV, Scene III:
- Good madam, hear the suit that Edith urges, With such submiss beseeches; [...]
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