importunate
importunate 英 [ɪmˈpɔ:tʃənət] 美 [ɪmˈpɔrtʃənət]
adj. 强求的,纠缠不休的
名词复数:importunates
- Importunate means annoyingly persistent or relentless, like a cranky child's importunate demands for candy in line at the grocery store checkout.
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- adj. 强求的,纠缠不休的
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1. It was only a fancy; yet a fancy will sometimes be importunate.
它只是一个幻梦,但是有时幻梦是会纠缠不休的。
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2. "They mostly do," said the clergyman, griping hard at his breast, as if afflicted with an importunate throb of pain.
“他们大多能这么做,”牧师一边说着,一边紧紧捂住自己的心口,象是有揪心的疼痛纠缠着他。
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3. In Tirana, after I returned from Moscow, I felt the city, like some importunate blackmailer, still claiming its unpaid dues.
告别莫斯科,重归地拉那,自己总觉得家乡依然催命般地在找我算账。
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