| 釋義 |
entreatvt.
1.ask earnestly,beg懇求，請(qǐng)求。
△Tw.3.4.376 (340):“I must entreat of you some of that money.”我必須請(qǐng)你給我一些那筆款子。
△Rom.2.2.15:“Two of the fai-rest stars in all the heaven,/ Having some business,do entreat her eyes / To twinkle in their spheres tillthey return.”天上兩顆最燦爛的明星.有事他去，在歸來(lái)之前請(qǐng)求她的眼睛代替它們?cè)谛亲虚W耀。
△Rom.4.1.40:“My lord,we must entreat the time alone.” i.e. We must ask you to leave us alone. 爵爺，我們求您離開(kāi)我們。
2. treat對(duì)待。
△2H.VI. 2. 4. 82 (81):“Entreat her notthe worse,in that I pray / You use her well.”我求你好好對(duì)待她，你可不要因此對(duì)她更壞。
△3H vi. 1. 1. 271:“I’llwrite unto them and entreat them fair. ”我要給他們寫信，對(duì)他們好生看待。
△R.III.4.4.152:“Either be patientand entreat me fair，”要少安勿躁、好好對(duì)待我。
3. prevail on by entreaty,persuade勸服，說(shuō)服。
△As1.2.159 (149):“Since the youth will not be entrea-ted,his own peril on his forwardness. ”那年輕人既然不聽(tīng)勸告，就讓他因狂妄自大而吃些苦頭吧。
4. obtain by persuasion求得。
△Mac.2.1.22: “Yctwhen we can entreat an hour to serve，”不過(guò)，我們?nèi)裟苡幸粋€(gè)小時(shí)的閑暇。
～ vi.
1. prevail by entreaty以懇求奏效。
△Mid. 3. 2. 248:“Ifshe cannot entreat,I can compel.” i.e. If Hermiacannot infIuence you by pleas,I can do so by force. 如果她的請(qǐng)求無(wú)效，我可要強(qiáng)迫了。
2. negotiate談判。
△2H. VI. 4. 4. 9: “ I’ll send someholy bishop to entreat；”我要派一位主教去談判。 entreat[in?tri:t]v. 懇求，哀求，請(qǐng)求
‖ entreatingly adv. / entreaty n. / entreatment n. |