beseech
英语
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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，簡單過去時和過去分詞 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, published 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, published 2005, page 61:
- She besought him, for his Soul's sake to speak the truth.
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- 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 31”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
- Panting a little in his haste, he told her how miserable he was; he besought her to have mercy on him; he promised, if she would forgive him, to do everything she wanted.
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- 2019 December 10, Yacht Club Games, Shovel Knight: King of Cards, via Nintendo 3DS, level/area: Royal Pond:
- [King Knight defeats the Troupple King.] / Troupple Acolyte: 'HALT! I BESEECH THEE! PLEASE, NO MORE!'
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- 2022年 9月10日，Proclamation of accession of Charles III [查爾斯三世繼位宣言]：
- We, therefore, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of this Realm and Members of the House of Commons, together with other members of Her late Majesty’s Privy Council and representatives of the Realms and Territories, Aldermen and Citizens of London, and others, do now hereby with one voice and Consent of Tongue and Heart publish and proclaim that The Prince Charles Philip Arthur George is now, by the Death of our late Sovereign of Happy Memory, become our only lawful and rightful Liege Lord Charles the Third, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of His other Realms and Territories, King, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, to whom we do acknowledge all Faith and Obedience with humble Affection; beseeching God by whom Kings and Queens do reign to bless His Majesty with long and happy Years to reign over us.
- 故此：吾等，本王國之靈俗兩界勳爵、下議院議員，偕同先王陛下之樞密院成員、各王國與領地代表、倫敦市參事及市民等，藉此眾口一心，昭告天下：查爾斯·菲利普·亞瑟·喬治親王，現因吾等先王之崩逝，已成為吾等唯一合法且正當之君主——查爾斯三世。承蒙上帝恩典，彼為大不列顛及北愛爾蘭聯合王國及其他國土與領地之國王、大英國協元首、信仰的守護者。吾等謹向其宣誓效忠與服從，並致以謙卑之深情；祈求君王治權所繫之上帝，賜福國王陛下，佑其長治久安，統御吾等。
- 要求，请求 （某件事物）
- 1990, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., The Brothers Karamazov, San Francisco, North Point Press, →ISBN, page 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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