Entreat

[ɪn'triːt;en-] or [ɪn'trit]

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use.

(v. t.) To treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired; hence, to ask earnestly; to beseech; to petition or pray with urgency; to supplicate; to importune.

(v. t.) To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade.

(v. t.) To invite; to entertain.

(v. i.) To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty.

(v. i.) To make an earnest petition or request.

(n.) Entreaty.

整理:威尔伯

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. Beg, crave, beseech, implore, supplicate, ADJURE, solicit, pray, importune, petition, enjoin, appeal to, prefer a prayer to.

西里尔整理

解釋/意思:

v.t. to ask earnestly: to beseech: to pray for: (orig.) to treat to deal with—so in B.—v.i. to pray.—adjs. Entreat′able; Entreat′ful (Spens.); Entreat′ing that entreats.—adv. Entreat′ingly in an entreating manner: with solicitation.—adj. Entreat′ive pleading.—ns. Entreat′ment act of entreating: (Shak.) discourse; Entreat′y act of entreating; earnest prayer.

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