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VERB
請求；懇求；懇請
If you beg someone to do something, you ask them very anxiously or eagerly to do it.
例句
I begged him to come back to England with me...
我懇求他和我一起回英格蘭。
I begged to be allowed to leave...
我請求允許我離開。
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VERB
乞討；乞求施舍
If someone who is poor is begging, they are asking people to give them food or money.
例句
I was surrounded by people begging for food...
我被一群討飯的圍住了。
There are thousands like him in Los Angeles, begging on the streets and sleeping rough...
洛杉磯有數以千計像他這樣的人，沿街乞討，露宿街頭。
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PHRASE
恕難茍同；斗膽唱反調
You say 'I beg to differ' when you are politely emphasizing that you disagree with someone.
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PHRASE
沒人要；沒人用
If you say that something is going begging, you mean that it is available but no one is using it or accepting it.
例句
There is other housing going begging in town.
城里還有些住宅無人問津。
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PHRASE
引起疑問，使人想問（一些人認為此用法不正確）
If you say that something begs a particular question, you mean that it makes people want to ask that question; some people consider that this use is incorrect.
例句
Hopewell's success begs the question: why aren't more companies doing the same?
霍普韋爾的成功讓人不禁要問：為什么其他公司不效仿呢？
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PHRASE
（認為問題已獲解決而）繞過問題
If you say that something begs a particular question, you mean that it assumes that the question has already been answered and so does not deal with it.
例句
The research begs a number of questions.
研究繞過了一些問題。