entreaty

英 [ɪnˈtriːti]

美 [ɪnˈtriːti]

n.  恳求; 乞求

复数：entreaties　

GRE

BNC.23603 / COCA.21942

牛津词典

noun

• 恳求；乞求
  a serious and often emotional request

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 恳求;乞求
  Anentreatyis a very polite, serious request.
  1. The FA has resisted all entreaties to pledge its support to the campaign.
     足协拒绝了一切希望它能承诺支持这次运动的请求。

英英释义

noun

• earnest or urgent request
  1. an entreaty to stop the fighting
  2. an appeal for help
  3. an appeal to the public to keep calm
  Synonym:prayerappeal

双语例句

• And when he prayed to him, the Lord was moved by his entreaty and listened to his plea; so he brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom.
  他祈祷耶和华，耶和华就允准他的祈求，垂听他的祷告，使他归回耶路撒冷，仍坐国位。
• I looked at him an instant to see if there was anything to hope from further entreaty.
  我望了他一会儿，想看看要是再向他请求会不会有什么收获，但这个人是石头做的。
• 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。
• To use urgent entreaty, to ask or seek importunately.
  迫切，不厌其烦的请求。
• 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。
• In a country where couples are largely confined to having one child, this entreaty is particularly hard to ignore.
  在一个大部分夫妇只有一个孩子的国家，这样的请求是无法拒绝的。
• "You have only to_read_the part," said Henry Crawford, with renewed entreaty.
  “你只要念念台词就行了，”亨利·克劳福德又一次恳求说。
• The lake lies low by the hill, a tearful entreaty of love at the foot of the inflexible.
  湖躺在山脚下，像在执拗者的跟前含泪恳求爱。
• Changing a person's beliefs by argument or reasoning or entreaty.
  通过争论或说理恳求改变一个人的信仰。
• Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; grim determination.
  不会因恳求而被安抚、满足和打动；“不屈的决心”。