entreat

英 [ɪn'triːt; en-]美 [ɪn'trit]
  • vt. 恳求；请求
  • vi. 恳求；乞求
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中文词源

entreat 恳求

en-, 进入，使。treat, 处理，对待。可能是来自处理事情之艰难，因而引申该词义。

英文词源

entreat (v.)
c. 1400, "to enter into negotiations," especially "discuss or arrange peace terms;" also "to treat (someone) in a certain way," from Anglo-French entretier, Old French entraiter "to treat," from en- "make" (see en- (1)) + traiter "to treat" (see treat (v.)). Meaning "to beseech, implore, plead with (someone)" is from early 15c.; meaning "to plead for (someone)" is from mid-15c. Related: Entreated; entreating.

双语例句

1. Please help me, I entreat you.
请帮帮我吧，求你了。
来自《权威词典》
2. However much you may entreat him, you will get little or nothing.
无论你向他恳求多少, 你都不会得到什么东西的.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. She shouldn't entreat her elder like that.
她不应那样对待长辈.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. ' Entreat me to believe it no more, Miss Manette.
“别再请求我相信了, 曼内特小姐.
来自英汉文学 - 双城记
5. " Be careful of my friend , I entreat you, and leave me. "
“ 求你小心照顾我的朋友, 去吧. ”
来自英汉文学 - 双城记