Importune
[,ɪmpɔː'tjuːn] or [,ɪmpɔr'tun]
解釋/意思:
(a.) To request or solicit, with urgency; to press with frequent, unreasonable, or troublesome application or pertinacity; hence, to tease; to irritate; to worry.
(a.) To import; to signify.
(v. i.) To require; to demand.
法耶手打
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. Press (by entreaty), urge (by repeated requests), beset, entreat, dun, solicit earnestly.
奥古斯都手打
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Pester, solicit, ask_urgently, press
ANT:surrender, abandon, sacrifice
桃乐茜編輯
解釋/意思:
v.t. to urge with troublesome application: to press urgently: (Spens.) to import signify (a false use): to molest as a beggar prostitute &c.—ns. Impor′tunacy Import′unāteness.—adj. Import′unāte troublesomely urgent.—adv. Import′unātely.—adj. Import′une untimely: importunate.—adv. Importune′ly.—ns. Importun′er; Importun′ity.
錄入:莫拉
例句/造句/用法:
- She seemed to be tired of my questions: and, indeed, what claim had I to importune her? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Why do you importune me about her! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- But I will no longer importune my young cousin. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Gradually, to be sure, the stress of the old thoughts would return; but at least they did not importune her waking hour. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- I must beg, therefore, to be importuned no farther on the subject. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- At length she gave in from sheer loathing of the continued and hateful importuning. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
整理:诺里斯