Ask

[ɑːsk] or [æsk]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) make a request or demand for something to somebody; 'She asked him for a loan'.

(verb.) consider obligatory; request and expect; 'We require our secretary to be on time'; 'Aren't we asking too much of these children?'; 'I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons'.

(verb.) inquire about; 'I asked about their special today'; 'He had to ask directions several times'.

(verb.) direct or put; seek an answer to; 'ask a question'.

(verb.) address a question to and expect an answer from; 'Ask your teacher about trigonometry'; 'The children asked me about their dead grandmother'.

(verb.) require or ask for as a price or condition; 'He is asking $200 for the table'; 'The kidnappers are asking a million dollars in return for the release of their hostage'.

乔治娜手打--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.

(v. t.) To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity; as, what price do you ask?

(v. t.) To interrogate or inquire of or concerning; to put a question to or about; to question.

(v. t.) To invite; as, to ask one to an entertainment.

(v. t.) To publish in church for marriage; -- said of both the banns and the persons.

(v. i.) To request or petition; -- usually followed by for; as, to ask for bread.

(v. i.) To make inquiry, or seek by request; -- sometimes followed by after.

(n.) A water newt.

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同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Question, interrogate, inquire of, put the question to.[2]. Request, solicit, petition, beseech, implore, supplicate, crave, beg, desire, entreat, pray for, prefer a petition for, make application for.[3]. Require, claim, demand, challenge, call for.

v. n. [1]. Petition, beg, pray.[2]. Inquire, question, make inquiry.

校對:帕蒂

解釋/意思:

v.t. to seek: to request inquire beg question invite.—v.i. to request: to make inquiry (with about and for—as to ask one after or for another).

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