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• 表示真诚或谦卑地请求某物，常用于乞讨金钱、食物或恳求宽恕。

A verb used to express the act of asking someone earnestly or humbly for something, often for money, food, or mercy.

1. Ask for money or foodA2formal

   To ask someone for money, food, or other necessities, often because of poverty.

   乞讨

   • The homeless man begged for change on the street.
   • She begged for food at the local shelter.
   • They had to beg for money to survive.

   同义词bumcadgemoochpanhandlescroungesolicitspongetout

2. Plead earnestlyB1formal

   To ask someone in a desperate or emotional way for something.

   恳求

   • He begged his parents to let him go to the party.
   • She begged for forgiveness after the mistake.
   • The child begged for a puppy every day.

   同义词beseechentreatimploreimportunesupplicate

   反义词commanddemandorder

3. Avoid a questionC1formal

   Used in the phrase 'beg the question' meaning to assume the truth of something that needs to be proven.

   回避问题

   • The argument begs the question of whether the law is fair.
   • His statement begs the question: what is the real reason?
   • This theory begs the question of its own validity.

   同义词assumepostulatepresumepresupposesuppose

短语动词变体beg off