importune
importune 英 [ˌɪmpɔ:ˈtju:n] 美 [ˌɪmpɔrˈtun]
vi. 强求；胡搅蛮缠 vt. 强求；一再向某人要求
进行时:importuning 过去式:importuned 过去分词:importuned 第三人称单数:importunes 名词复数:importunes
- Sure, to importune is to beg, but use it only when you're talking about going beyond mere begging into more urgent territory. The woman importuned the judge to release her innocent brother from jail.
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- vi. 强求；胡搅蛮缠
- vt. 强求；一再向某人要求
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1. But I will no longer importune my young cousin.
可是我也不愿意勉强我那年轻的表妹。
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2. That may importune the administration to act, but if they don’t, there’s a strong move in Congress to do so.
这可能会促使政府采取行动，但如果政府没有作为的话，国会会采取强有力的行动。
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3. We will add this in general, touching the affection of envy; that of all other affections, it is the most importune and continual.
今再关于嫉妒这种情欲普遍地添说这几句：就是在一切的情欲中，嫉妒是最强求，最持久的。
- importune (v.) "harass with solicitation, demand persistently," 1520s, back-formation from importunity, or else from Middle French importuner, from Medieval Latin importunari "to make oneself troublesome," from Latin importunus "unfit, unfavorable, troublesome," literally "having no harbor" (thus "difficult to access"), from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + portus "harbor" (see port (n.1)). Related: Importuned; importuning. As an adjective from early 15c. Portunus was the Roman deity of harbours; hence Portunium "temple of Portunus."
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