Importunity
[,ɪmpɔː'tjuːnətɪ] or [ɪmpɚ'tjʊnəti]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) insistent solicitation and entreaty; 'his importunity left me no alternative but to agree'.
校對:佩德罗--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The quality of being importunate; pressing or pertinacious solicitation; urgent request; incessant or frequent application; troublesome pertinacity.
校對:奥斯瓦德
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Entreaty, urgency, insistence, pressing solicitation.
桃瑞丝整理
例句/造句/用法:
- Tired, I suppose, with her importunity, he threw down his spade, approached, and pushed the door ajar. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Impatient of my importunity she brought with her an avenging dream. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Lily's smile again flowed into a slight laugh: her friend's importunity was beginning to strike her as irrelevant. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- He prefers public duties to private, and is somewhat impatient of the importunity of relations. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- These importunities were the mother's pleasure. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- There were numerous brothers and sisters, and the family pursued the French authorities with importunities for rewards and jobs. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- About this time Zat Arras renewed his importunities for her hand in marriage. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- She uttered a smiling acceptance, hailing in the renewal of the tie an escape from Trenor's importunities. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
手打:弗拉德