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TOEFL BNC: 3537 COCA: 3452

beg

beg /ˈbɛg/ verb
begs; begged; begging
beg
/ˈbɛg/
verb
begs; begged; begging
Learner's definition of BEG
: to ask people for money or food乞讨;行乞
[no object]
[+ object]
: to ask (someone) in a very serious and emotional way for something needed or wanted very much恳求,请求(某人)
[+ object]
[no object]
+ of
: to ask for (something needed or wanted very much) in a very serious and emotional way乞求,恳求(某事物)
[+ object]
[no object]
[no object] of a dog : to sit up on the back legs with the front legs raised(狗)后腿蹲坐前腿抬起作乞求状
[+ object] of a thing : to seem perfect for some purpose : to be very well suited for something非常适合于followed by to + verb接动词不定式

beg, borrow, or/and steal

informal
: to do whatever is necessary to get something that is wanted or needed想尽办法得到;不择手段获得

beg leave

formal + old-fashioned
: to ask for permission请求准许followed by to + verb接动词不定式

beg off

[phrasal verb] informal
: to say that you cannot do something that you have been asked to do or have agreed to do推辞;反悔

beg the question

: to cause someone to ask a specified question as a reaction or response引起疑问;令人质疑
formal : to ignore a question or issue by assuming it has been answered or settled回避问题;想当然

beg to differ

: to politely disagree with someone不敢苟同;恕不赞同

beg your pardon

◊ The phrase I beg your pardon is used in polite speech to apologize when you have done something impolite or when you have made a mistake.请原谅;对不起
◊ It can be used to show that you are annoyed or offended by something that another person has said.有你这样说话的吗(用于表示自己被某人的话所激怒或冒犯)
◊ It can also be used as a question when you have not heard or understood something clearly.请再说一遍(用于未听清或没有理解时)
◊ The shorter form beg pardon is also used informally this way.再说一遍(非正式用语)

go begging

chiefly British
: to be something that few or no people want无人问津;无人要
TOEFL BNC: 3537 COCA: 3452

beg

1 of 2

verb

begged; begging

transitive verb

1
: to ask for as a charity (see charity sense 1a)
begging food from strangers
begged him for some change
2
a
: to ask earnestly for : entreat
beg forgiveness
I beg your pardon.
b
: to require as necessary or appropriate
a scene that begged to be photographed
3
: evade, sidestep
begged the real problems

intransitive verb

1
: to ask for alms
children begging on the streets
2
: to ask earnestly
begged for mercy

beg

2 of 2

abbreviation

begin; beginning
Phrases
beg the question
1
: to elicit a question logically as a reaction or response
the quarterback's injury begs the question of who will start in his place
2
: to pass over or ignore a question by assuming it to be established or settled
Choose the Right Synonym for beg

beg, entreat, beseech, implore, supplicate, adjure, importune mean to ask urgently.

beg suggests earnestness or insistence in the asking.

they begged for help

entreat implies an effort to persuade or to overcome resistance.

entreated me to join them

beseech and implore imply a deeply felt anxiety.

I beseech you to have mercy
implored her not to leave him

supplicate suggests a posture of humility.

with bowed heads they supplicated their Lord

adjure implies advising as well as pleading.

we were adjured to tell the truth

importune suggests an annoying persistence in trying to break down resistance to a request.

importuning viewers for contributions

Example Sentences

Verb A homeless man begs on that corner every day. children begging strangers for food children begging food from strangers He begged the doctor for medicine. She begged him to read the story again. He begged that she would forgive him. begging a favor of someone He's too proud to beg. “Does your dog know any tricks?” “She knows how to beg.” See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Enlarge / Apps now need to beg for permission to show notifications. Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 31 Aug. 2022 Women were not allowed to go to offices but were allowed to beg in front of bakeries for just one piece of bread. From Cnn Opinion, CNN, 12 Aug. 2022 Drunk and despondent, David Santillan called his wife to beg for forgiveness. Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2022 Biden is again planning a visit to the Saudi capital of Riyadh to beg the leader of the OPEC cartel for more oil. Dan Eberhart, Forbes, 15 June 2022 And second, your kid is probably going to beg for something cool and eye-catching at back-to-school time. Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day, 15 June 2022 In the show’s seventh episode, Billy takes Royal at gunpoint to a rundown roller rink to beg for forgiveness for trying to kill Autumn. Hunter Ingram, Variety, 6 May 2022 Talibés are forced to beg for money each day, and if their quota is not filled, they can be beaten and starved. Guy Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Apr. 2022 Of course, this does beg the obvious question:What is the right way to approach marketing during a global crisis? Chris Martin, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English beggen

First Known Use

Verb

13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of beg was in the 13th century
TOEFL BNC: 3537 COCA: 3452
beg

verb¹

1ask sb for food, money, etc.行乞VERB + BEG | PREPOSITION VERB + BEGbe forced to, have to被迫/只得行乞PREPOSITIONfor乞討⋯They were forced to beg for food.他們被迫乞討食物。from向⋯乞討He had to beg food from passers-by.他不得不向路人乞討食物。
beg

verb²

2ask for sth with great emotion懇求ADVERB | VERB + BEG | PREPOSITION ADVERBalmost, practically幾乎乞求In the end they almost begged him to take the job.最終他們幾乎是哀求他來做這個工作。humbly央求We humbly beg you to show mercy.我們懇請您發發慈悲。silently默默地乞求Don't leave me, he begged her silently.“別離開我。”他默默地哀求她。desperately, frantically拚命地乞求VERB + BEGbe forced to, have to被迫/不得不乞求PREPOSITIONfor乞求⋯We went to him to beg for forgiveness.我們找他懇求原諒。of (formal) 懇求(某人)Do not do that, I beg of you.不要那麼做,我求你了。

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