entreaty 英 [ɪnˈtri:ti]   美 [ɛnˈtriti]

entreaty

entreaty  英 [ɪnˈtri:ti] 美 [ɛnˈtriti]

n. 恳求;乞求 

名词复数:entreaties 

He felt very uncomfortable and looked entreaty at us. 他感到很不自在,用恳求的目光望着我们。
It was an urgent entreaty from the Cossack leader that made up his mind. 最终是这位哥萨克领袖急切的恳求使他拿定了主意。

  • "Ain't too proud to beg" is what the word entreaty is all about. When you make an entreaty, you're begging or pleading for something.
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  • n. 恳求;乞求
  • 1. He felt very uncomfortable and looked entreaty at us.

    他感到很不自在,用恳求的目光望着我们。

  • 2. It was an urgent entreaty from the Cossack leader that made up his mind.

    最终是这位哥萨克领袖急切的恳求使他拿定了主意。

  • 3. In reply to her mother's command and entreaty that she would behave more decorously, little Pearl paused to gather the prickly burrs from a tall burdock which grew beside the tomb.

    听到她母亲又是命令又是恳求地要她放规矩些,小珠儿才不再跳舞,从长在墓旁的一株高大的牛蒡上采集多刺的果实。

  • entreaty (n.) mid-15c., "treatment; negotiation;" see entreat + -y (1). Meaning "urgent solicitation, earnest request" is from 1570s. Related: Entreaties.
en·treaty / ɪnˈtriːti ; NAmE ɪnˈtriːti / noun ( plural en·treaties ) [countable ,  uncountable ] ( formal) a serious and often emotional request 恳求;乞求 entreaty entreaties en·treaty / ɪnˈtriːti ; NAmE ɪnˈtriːti /
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