begging

1. VERB 请求；恳求；恳请
   If you beg someone to do something, you ask them very anxiously or eagerly to do it.
   1. I begged him to come back to England with me...
      我恳求他和我一起回英格兰。
   2. I begged to be allowed to leave...
      我请求允许我离开。
   3. We are not going to beg for help any more...
      我们不会再乞求帮助。
   4. They dropped to their knees and begged forgiveness.
      他们跪下请求原谅。
2. VERB 乞讨；乞求施舍
   If someone who is poor is begging, they are asking people to give them food or money.
   1. I was surrounded by people begging for food...
      我被一群讨饭的围住了。
   2. 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。
   3. She was living alone, begging food from neighbors.
      她孑然一身，向邻居们讨饭吃。
3. 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.
4. 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.
   1. There is other housing going begging in town.
      城里还有些住宅无人问津。
5. 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.
   1. 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？
6. 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.
   1. The research begs a number of questions.
      研究绕过了一些问题。
7. I beg your pardon → see: pardon

1. I was surrounded by people begging for food
   我被一群讨饭的围住了。
2. 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。
3. She was living alone, begging food from neighbors.
   她孑然一身，向邻居们讨饭吃。
4. There is other housing going begging in town.
   城里还有些住宅无人问津。
5. He said earlier that he is not holding out a begging bowl.
   他早先说他不会伸手去乞求援助。
6. I wrote hundreds of begging letters to charities and businesses.
   我给慈善团体和商业机构写了几百封求助信。
7. We are a proud people. We are not used to begging or taking things.
   我们是有自尊的民族。我们不习惯乞讨或接受施舍。
8. 'You really won't tell?' she asked, begging for reassurance.
   “你真的不说吗？”她问道，乞求得到安慰。
9. He was reduced to begging for a living.
   他不得不以乞讨为生。
10. It makes me so sad when I see young people begging or sleeping rough on the streets.
    我看到年轻人沿街乞讨、露宿街头，心里会非常难过。
11. In a swipe at the president, he called for an end to 'begging for aid around the world'.
    在对总统含沙射影的批评中，他呼吁停止“满世界乞求援助”。
12. Nothing was done to save these women from the twin evils of begging or the workhouse.
    没有采取任何措施把这些妇女从乞讨或济贫院这两大相似的灾难中拯救出来。
13. Vagrancy and begging has become commonplace in London.
    流浪和乞讨在伦敦已变得很常见。
14. To give money to beggars sometimes amounts to encouraging begging.
    给乞丐钱，有时就等于鼓励行乞。
15. He lives by begging.
    他靠乞讨过活。
16. He is begging for help.
    他请求援助。
17. I don't see begging a woman to change her mind, and I don't imagine begging helps.
    我不乐意央告一个女人改变主意，我也不认为央告有什么用。
18. People who go begging for money or food are called beggars.
    向别人讨饭要钱的人叫做乞丐。
19. James lived on without begging alms from others.
    詹姆斯没有向别人乞求周济照样过活。
20. He was on his knees, begging to be spared.
    他跪在地上，直求饶命。
21. Those cakes are going begging if anyone would like them.
    那些蛋糕如果有人喜欢就可以买得到。
22. The boys were on their knees for hours, begging their parents to let them go on the trip.
    这些男孩跪了好几个小时，恳求父母同意他们去旅行。
23. I am begging you. don't marry randall.
    我求你了。不要嫁给兰德尔。
24. Are you begging me?
    你在求我是吗？
25. Begging your pardon, it's time to begin.
    请原谅，该开场了。
26. No, no, I'm begging you. I have children.
    不，不要，求你了。我有孩子。
27. No, I just need it for an hour. Please. I'm begging you.
    不。我只是需要用一个小时。拜托，我求你了。
28. I need advice and assistance, and I am not begging it.
    我需要指教和帮助，但我并不是乞求。
29. I'll be the one that does the begging.
    我将是那个请求者了。

noun

1. a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)

   Synonym:    beggarymendicancy