beg

1. V-T/V-I If you beg someone to do something, you ask them very anxiously or eagerly to do it. 懇求

I begged him to come back to New York with me. 我請求他和我一起回紐約。

We are not going to beg for help anymore. 我們將不再請求幫助。

2. V-I If someone who is poor is begging, they are asking people to give them food or money. 行乞[oft cont]

I was surrounded by people begging for food. 我被一群討飯的人圍住了。

...homeless people begging on the streets. …沿街乞討的無家可歸者。

She was living alone, begging food from neighbours. 她一個人生活，從鄰居那兒討些吃的。

3. V (of a dog) to sit up with forepaws raised expectantly (狗)端坐將前爪舉起懇求

4. I beg your pardon→see pardon

5. N →a variant of bey