beseech

英语

其他形式

• beseek

词源

源自中古英语 besechen、bisechen，古英语 sēċan (“寻求；询问”)的带前缀形式。同源词有萨特弗里斯兰语 besäike (“拜访”)、荷兰语 bezoeken (“拜访，参与”)、德语 besuchen (“拜访，参与”)、瑞典语 besöka (“拜访”)。

发音

• 英语发音：bĭ-sēchʹ、国际音标^(帮助): /bɪˈsiːt͡ʃ/

• （英国南部）音频：

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• 韵部：-iːtʃ

动词

beseech (第三人称单数简单现在时 beseeches，现在分词 beseeching，一般过去时及过去分词 beseeched 或 besought)

1. 请求，恳求
   • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur Book XX, Chapter iii, leaf 401r:

     Moost noble crysten Quene I byseche yow as ye haue ben euer my specyal good lady and I at al tymes your true poure knyghte vnto my power and as I neuer fayled yow in ryghte nor in wrong sythen the fyrst day kynge Arthur made me knyghte that ye wylle praye for my soule yf that I here be slayne;
     "Most noble Christian queen, I beseech you as ye have been ever my special good lady, and I at all times your true poor knight unto my power, and as I never failed you in right nor in wrong sithen the first day King Arthur made me knight, that ye will pray for my soul if that I here be slain;"

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   • 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, London: Oxford University Press, 出版于 1973, § 25:

     after what manner, I beseech you, must the mind proceed in this operation?

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   • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “Watches of the Night”, 出自 Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio, 出版于 2005，第 61 页:

     She besought him, for his Soul's sake to speak the truth.

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   • 2019 12月 10, Yacht Club Games, Shovel Knight: King of Cards, 经由 Nintendo 3DS，关卡/区域：Royal Pond:

     [King Knight defeats the Troupple King.] / Troupple Acolyte: 'HALT! I BESEECH THEE! PLEASE, NO MORE!'

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2. 要求，请求 （某件事物）
   • 1990, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky（译者）, The Brothers Karamazov, San Francisco, North Point Press, →ISBN，第 657 页:

     […] the tickets had all been given out, begged, besought long ago.

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相关词汇

• seek

名词

beseech (复数 beseeches)

1. (古旧) 请求
   • 1617, pseudo-Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, George Chapman, Ben Jonson, Philip Massinger, Rollo, Duke of Normandy, or the Bloody Brother, Act IV, Scene III:

     Good madam, hear the suit that Edith urges, With such submiss beseeches; [...]

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异序词

• Beeches, beeches, beseche