beg

🇬🇧 UK/beg/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To ask earnestly or humbly for something; to plead or entreat; to ask for money or charity

恳求,乞求;乞讨

n.

An imploring or earnest request

恳求,请求

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
begother
=beg

Common Collocations

  • 1.beg for乞求
  • 2.beg off推辞
  • 3.beg forgiveness寻求宽恕

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Street children begged for food outside the market every day.

  • 2.

    He begged for forgiveness after breaking her favorite vase.

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