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entreaty

英 [ɪnˈtriːti]

美 [ɪnˈtriːti]

n.  恳求; 乞求

复数:entreaties 

GRE

BNC.23603 / COCA.21942

牛津词典

    noun

    • 恳求;乞求
      a serious and often emotional request

      柯林斯词典

      • N-VAR 恳求;乞求
        Anentreatyis a very polite, serious request.
        1. The FA has resisted all entreaties to pledge its support to the campaign.
          足协拒绝了一切希望它能承诺支持这次运动的请求。

      英英释义

      noun

      • earnest or urgent request
        1. an entreaty to stop the fighting
        2. an appeal for help
        3. an appeal to the public to keep calm
        Synonym:prayerappeal

      双语例句

      • Her gaze clung to him in entreaty.
        她的眼光带着恳求的神色停留在他身上。
      • It must have been a harder heart than Susan Nipper's that could have rejected the little purse Florence held out with these words, or the gentle look of entreaty with which she seconded her petition.
        必须要有一颗比苏珊·尼珀更为冷酷无情的心才能拒绝弗洛伦斯讲这些话时拿出的钱包或者她提出这个请求时伴随着的温柔的、恳求的眼光。
      • Angel's father tried argument, persuasion, entreaty.
        安琪尔的父亲努力同他争论,劝说他,恳求他。
      • In reply to her mother's command and entreaty that she would behave more decorously, little Pearl paused to gather the prickly burrs from a tall burdock which grew beside the tomb.
        听到她母亲又是命令又是恳求地要她放规矩些,小珠儿才不再跳舞,从长在墓旁的一株高大的牛蒡上采集多刺的果实。
      • Entreaty failed, so I tried threats.
        恳求无效,因此我便试用威胁的办法。
      • The lake lies low by the hill, a tearful entreaty of love at the foot of the inflexible.
        湖躺在山脚下,像在执拗者的跟前含泪恳求爱。
      • On my life, hester, I made my entreaty to the worshipful magistrate that it might be done forthwith.
        我敢发誓,海丝特,我当即恳求那可敬的长官,这事应予立即施行!
      • Inducement by argument or reasoning or entreaty. His doctrines have seduced a great many people into error.
        通过争论、说理、乞求进行诱导的行为。他的学说诱导许多人犯错。
      • I looked at him an instant to see if there was anything to hope from further entreaty.
        我望了他一会儿,想看看要是再向他请求会不会有什么收获,但这个人是石头做的。
      • Changing a person's beliefs by argument or reasoning or entreaty.
        通过争论或说理恳求改变一个人的信仰。